During the past 20 years, under Governments of different political stripes, significant developments have included the removal of most hereditary peers from the House of Lords, freedom on information legislation, the establishment of the Supreme Court, the introduction of fixed - term Parliaments, and the domestic legal entrenchment of human rights. (ukconstitutionallaw.org)
The Tony Blair government removed most hereditary peers in 1999, but got no further — despite a royal commission, five white papers (making wildly different proposals, in repeated attempts to assuage the critics) and two sets of parliamentary free votes on the options. (theguardian.com)
The deal removes most hereditary peers from the Lords but saves places for 92. (theguardian.com)