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UK govt moves to oust hereditary peers from upper house

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UK government introduces legislation to axe seats in the House of Lords retained for hereditary lawmakers.

The bill will remove the 92 seats reserved for peers who inherited their position as a member of an aristocratic family.

Britain is an anomaly among western governments in having such lawmakers.

Lesotho in southern Africa is the only other country in the world with a hereditary element in its legislature.

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English

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