Hereditary peers no longer will sit in parliament, with the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act ending 700 years of tradition. Next Week In Westminster’s Marcus Jones sat down with three hereditary peers as they were preparing to vote in the House of Lords for the last time. And Lords Borwick, Devon and Leicester had some thoughts on how they would design a system of governance from scratch.

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