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  House of Lords Reform - Remove Hereditary Places once Reform has taken place - rejected
  
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  The majority Noes rejected an amendment[1] to a [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2007-03-07&number=72&dmp=837 motion] that proposed removing the remaining hereditary peers in the House of Lords. The amendment would have meant that hereditary peers would only be removed after elected members took their place in the Lords. However, it was defeated.
  
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  * [1] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debate/?id=2007-03-07b.1627.1 Theresa May MP], 7 March 2007, House of Commons
  
  
  
  
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