Editing Representative peer (section)

==Hereditary "representative peers"==
{{Main article|List of excepted hereditary peers}}
During the passage of the House of Lords Bill in 1999, controversy surrounding House of Lords reform remained,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199899/ldhansrd/vo990727/text/90727-03.htm#90727-03_head2 |title=Hansard, Vol 604 No 127 Cols 1399–1422 |date=27 July 1999 |access-date=17 January 2013}}</ref> and the Bill was conceived as a first stage of Lords reform.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199899/cmhansrd/vo981202/debtext/81202-18.htm#81202-18_spnew3 |title=HC Hansard, Vol 321 Col 874 |date=2 December 1998 |access-date=17 January 2013}}</ref> The "Weatherill" amendment—so called since it was proposed by former House of Commons Speaker [[Bernard Weatherill]]—provided for a number of hereditary peers to remain as members of the House of Lords, during the first stage of Lords reform.<ref>{{cite news |author=Michael White and Lucy Ward |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/1999/may/12/uk.lords |title=Suspicious peers back reform |newspaper=The Guardian |date=12 May 1999}}</ref> It could then be reviewed during the next stage of the reform, when the system of appointed life peerages came under examination. In exchange for the House not delaying the passage of the Bill into law, the Government agreed to this amendment, and it then became part of the [[House of Lords Act 1999]], and 92 hereditary peers were allowed to remain.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199900/ldbrief/10402.htm |title=Annual Report and Accounts 1999–2000 |publisher=United Kingdom Parliament |access-date=9 August 2009}}</ref>

The ninety-two peers are made up of three separate groups. Fifteen 'office-holders' comprise deputy speakers and deputy chairmen, and are elected by the house, while seventy-five party and Crossbench members are elected by their own party or group.<ref name="types of member">{{cite web |title=Membership: Types of Member |page=2 |publisher=House of Lords |year=2009 |url=http://www.parliament.uk/documents/lords-information-office/hoflbpmembership.pdf |access-date=31 January 2013}}</ref> In addition, there are two royal appointments: the [[Lord Great Chamberlain]],<ref name="types of member"/> currently [[Rupert Carington, 7th Baron Carrington|Lord Carrington]], is appointed as the King's representative in Parliament, while the post of [[Earl Marshal]]<ref name="types of member"/> remains purely hereditary; the office has been held since 1672 by the [[Duke of Norfolk|Dukes of Norfolk]] and is responsible for ceremonies such as the [[State Opening of Parliament]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Earl Marshal |work=Official Royal posts |publisher=The Royal Household |url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/TheRoyalHousehold/OfficialRoyalposts/EarlMarshal.aspx |access-date=17 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117000406/http://www.royal.gov.uk/TheRoyalHousehold/OfficialRoyalposts/EarlMarshal.aspx |archive-date=17 January 2013 }}</ref>