The Succession to Peerages and Baronetcies Bill is a proposed law of the Parliament of the United Kingdom introduced on 20 November 2023 by Lord Northbrook.
If enacted, it would align the hereditary peerage and baronetcy to the same laws of succession as the Crown.
[2][3] As of 30 May 2024, the Bill will make no further progress through Parliament due to the dissolution before the 2024 United Kingdom general election.
[5][6][7] All these bills deal only with female succession, when there are other discriminations against succession that should also be addressed such as legitimacy, legitimation by subsequent marriage, IVF and donor conception, surrogacy, adoption and gender reassignment.
All Acts of Parliament that modernise family law exclude succession to peerages, baronetcies and other dignities.