Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 48550
Salisbury Convention
Tabled: 28 April 2025
Answered: 6 May 2025
Question
Mr Richard Holden
Conservative — Basildon and Billericay
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill on the Salisbury-Addison Convention in the House of Lords.
Answer
Nick Thomas-SymondsThe conventions concerning the relationship between the House of Commons and the House of Lords are unaffected by the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill. The Bill fulfills a manifesto commitment to remove the right of hereditary peers to sit and vote ...
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