24th February 2024 — Succession to Peerages and Baronetcies Bill – received its second reading in the House of Lords on Friday 9 February. It now proceeds to the Committee Stage, where it will be scrutinised line by line.

The Hansard transcript from 9 February is Succession to Peerages and Baronetcies Bill [HL] – Hansard – UK Parliament

Contact:

Charlotte Carew Pole 

T:07977 481460 E:charlotte@daughtersrights.co.uk

@DaughtersRights

Background:

Male Hereditary Peers: 91 

Female Hereditary Peer: 1 

Male Peers on the register for election: 209 

Female Peers on the register for election: 1

Daughters’ Rights began its work when five daughters of hereditary peers, all professionals in their own right, came together to bring a case to abolish male primogeniture for hereditary titles to the European Court of Human Rights. All these women want and have much to contribute to public life, but as daughters rather than sons, they are not eligible to stand for election. While hereditary seats continue to remain a part of the upper House, they believe that women as well as men should be allowed to stand for them.