Sentences with phrase «life peerages act»

Although the monarch had for centuries been empowered to create hereditary peers, with rights to sit in the House of Lords, the Life Peerages Act 1958 had a profound impact on the honours system and parliament.

Subsequently, under the Life Peerages Act 1958, life peerages became the norm for all new grants outside the Royal Family, this being seen as a modest reform of the nature of the second legislative chamber.

Both women were appointed in the wake of the 1958 Life Peerages Act despite the opposition of one or two peers who should have known better.

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