"Ministers are offering to create a higher number of life peerages than in the previous two years, as ministers seek to pass a law to abolish the remaining hereditary peers. Lords sources said talks had been held, with one suggesting the number of life peerages offered would depend on how many Tory members of the upper house agree to retire."
"Any hereditary peers that lose their titles once the bill has passed would have to apply for a life peerage, in the same way as everyone else. The Conservatives and other parties can put forward candidates to be nominated as peers through 'political lists'."
"The majority of hereditary peers, who inherit their titles through their families, were abolished in 1999 under the last Labour government. But following a compromise deal with the Conservatives at the time, 92 were left in place."
The government is proposing a compromise to facilitate passage of legislation abolishing the remaining hereditary peers in the House of Lords. Ministers are offering to create more life peerages than usual, with the number potentially dependent on how many Conservative peers agree to retire. Baroness Smith, leader of the House of Lords, is expected to present this compromise when the bill returns for further scrutiny. Hereditary peers losing their titles would need to apply for life peerages through standard nomination processes. This strategy aims to pass the bill before the parliamentary session ends in spring, following previous delays from opposition. The move addresses the 92 hereditary peers remaining after the 1999 abolition of most hereditary peerages.
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