Removal of Peerages Bill 2024-26

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20 Oct 2026, 5:14 p.m. - Westminster Hall "Ministers told the public that reform was urgent and that they were talking to other parties and the removal of peerages. Bill was included in the last King's Speech. " Speaker 28 - View Video - View Transcript

Parliamentary Debates
Progression of Bills through Parliament 185 speeches (28,359 words) Monday 8th June 2026 - Westminster Hall Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Lisa Smart (LD - Hazel Grove) all have to play in maintaining that for our constituents.The Government have announced a removal of peerages Bill - Link to Speech

Written Answers
Peers Asked by: Baroness Finn (Conservative - Life peer) Tuesday 9th June 2026 Question to the Cabinet Office: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Removal of Peerages Bill mentioned in the King’s Speech made on 13 May, who will determine whether a peerage should be removed; what will be the criteria for a peer to be deemed to be disgraced; and whether there will be a role for the House of Lords. Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Captain of the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Lords) As set out in the King’s Speech, the Government will introduce legislation to create a mechanism to remove peerages from disgraced peers, and will provide further details in due course.
Peers Asked by: Mike Wood (Conservative - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire) Wednesday 3rd June 2026 Question to the Cabinet Office: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the King's Speech 2026: background briefing notes, published 13 May 2026, on the Removal of Peerages Bill, to what degree will the Bill apply retrospectively to peers who were associated with controversy before the passage of the Bill. Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds As set out in the King’s Speech, the Government will introduce legislation to create a mechanism to remove peerages from disgraced peers, and will provide further details in due course.

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Peers
Asked by: Baroness Finn (Conservative - Life peer)
Tuesday 9th June 2026

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Removal of Peerages Bill mentioned in the King’s Speech made on 13 May, who will determine whether a peerage should be removed; what will be the criteria for a peer to be deemed to be disgraced; and whether there will be a role for the House of Lords.

Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Captain of the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Lords)

As set out in the King’s Speech, the Government will introduce legislation to create a mechanism to remove peerages from disgraced peers, and will provide further details in due course.

Peers
Asked by: Mike Wood (Conservative - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire)
Wednesday 3rd June 2026

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the King's Speech 2026: background briefing notes, published 13 May 2026, on the Removal of Peerages Bill, to what degree will the Bill apply retrospectively to peers who were associated with controversy before the passage of the Bill.

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds

As set out in the King’s Speech, the Government will introduce legislation to create a mechanism to remove peerages from disgraced peers, and will provide further details in due course.