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Introduce a mechanism to allow for peerages to be stripped from lifetime peers.

Submitted on Monday 14th August 2023

Rejected on Tuesday 22nd August 2023

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)

Petition Action

Introduce a mechanism to allow for peerages to be stripped from lifetime peers.

Petition Details

At present there is no mechanism that allows for a peerage to be removed from a lifetime peer once awarded. The House of Lords must be held accountable to the public. Such legislation is essential for public confidence in parliament.

Additional Information

The titles deprivation act 1917 introduced such a mechanism in World War One. This is workable legislation that could be refreshed for modern times to allow for removal of lifetime peerages in exceptional circumstances.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We could accept a petition calling for a mechanism for removing life peerages, but it would need to be clear how you want this to work.

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