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  • Living Heritage
    • The evolution of Parliament
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          • From the Parliamentary collections
            • Lords reform c1920-1999
              • Background and Passage of the Life Peerages Act
                • Attendance Sheets of the House of Lords, 1956
                • Searching for a solution: Lord Salisbury (1893-1972)
                • Introducing the Life Peerages Bill: Lord Home (1903–1995)
                • Opposing life peers: Jennie Lee (1904-1988)
                • Life Peerages Act 1958
                • Royal Commission of Assent to the Life Peerages Act 1958
                • House of Lords Test Roll, 1955-1959

Background and Passage of the Life Peerages Act

  • Attendance Sheets of the House of Lords, 1956

  • Vicky cartoon

    Searching for a solution: Lord Salisbury (1893-1972)

  • Lord Home photo

    Introducing the Life Peerages Bill: Lord Home (1903–1995)

  • Opposing life peers: Jennie Lee (1904-1988)

  • Life Peerages Act 1958

  • Royal Commission of Assent to the Life Peerages Act 1958

  • House of Lords Test Roll, 1955-1959

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