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Written Question
Peers: Age
Monday 17th February 2025

Asked by: Lord True (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government which current members of the House of Lords will reach the age of 80 by 4 July 2029, listed by Party or group.

Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

The table below shows the number of members of the House of Lords who will reach the age of 80 or above in the year 2029:

Group

Number of members

Conservatives

89

Labour

96

Crossbench

93

Liberal Democrat

38

Other

20

This information is drawn from the House of Lords Library website (House of Lords data dashboard: Current membership of the House) and is based on composition as of 27 January 2025. These figures include members who are life peers, law lords and hereditary peers, but excludes the Lords Spiritual, who are required to retire on reaching the age of 70.

Bill
Counsellors of State Act 2022
Presented by Lord True (Conservative)
Government Bill - Cabinet Office
Summary

A Bill to add His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex and Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal to the persons to whom royal functions may be delegated as Counsellors of State.

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