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I am sure that noble Lords have this at their fingertips, but I will just set out the current process by which a person can claim a hereditary peerage to which they are entitled. Under the current system, when somebody inherits a peerage that is neither complex nor disputed, they apply to the Lord Chancellor, through the Crown Office, to be included in the Roll of the Peerage. If the title to which they are succeeding or claiming is an Irish title, the claimant must take the additional step of petitioning this House directly.