when did hereditary peers lose the automatic right to attend the house of lords
Hereditary peer Hereditary peers form part of the peerage in the United Kingdom. There are over eight hundred peers who hold titles that may be inherited.[1] Formerly, most of them were entitled to sit in the House of Lords, but since the House of Lords Act 1999 was passed, only 92 are permitted to do so, unless they are also a life peer.[2] Peers are called to the House of Lords with a writ of summons.