Succession to Peerages Bill
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleA bill to amend the law regarding succession to peerages; and for connected purposes.
Introduced byDavid Trefgarne, 2nd Baron Trefgarne
Status: Not passed

The Succession to Peerages Bill was a bill intended to allow daughters of peers to inherit a peerage if the peerage would otherwise become extinct due to the absence of a male heir.[1] It would have applied retrospectively to peerages that had become extinct since the start of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II in 1952.

The bill failed to reach the committee stage in the House of Lords and therefore died at the end of the parliamentary session.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Hansard report of second reading".
  2. ↑ "Succession to Peerages Bill".
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