Succession to Peerages Bill (2015–16)
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The Succession to Peerages Bill was a bill intended to allow daughters of peers to inherit a peerage if the peerage would otherwise become extinct due to the absence of a male heir.[1] It would have applied retrospectively to peerages that had become extinct since the start of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II in 1952.
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| Long title | A bill to amend the law regarding succession to peerages; and for connected purposes. |
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| Introduced by | David Trefgarne, 2nd Baron Trefgarne |
Status: Not passed | |
The bill failed to reach the committee stage in the House of Lords and therefore died at the end of the parliamentary session.[2]