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21: After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause— “Expiry of right to receive writ of summons(1) The Life Peerages Act 1958 is amended as follows.(2) In section 1(2)(b) omit “subsection (4)” and insert “subsections (4) and (5).”(3) After subsection (4) insert—“(5) For peerages granted after the end of the Parliament in which the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2025 is passed, the right to receive a writ of summons expires on the twentieth anniversary of the introduction of the person holding the peerage into the House of Lords.”.”Member's explanatory statement This amendment introduces a term limit for peerages created after the end of this Parliament by limiting the right to receive a writ of summons to 20 years. It has no effect on existing peerages.