HC Deb 30 May 1963 vol 678 c1552

Bill to authorise the disclaimer for life of certain hereditary peerages; to include among the peers qualified to sit in the House of Lords all peers in the peerage of Scotland and peeresses in their own right in the peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom; to remove certain disqualifications of peers in the peerage of Ireland in relation to the House of Commons and elections thereto; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid, presented by the Prime Minister; supported by Mr. Brooke, Mr. Iain Macleod, Mr. Noble, and the Attorney-General; read the First time; to be read a Second time tomorrow and to be printed. [Bill 121].