 By April 2019, with the retirement of nearly one hundred peers since the passage of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014, the number of active peers had been reduced to a total of 782, of whom 665 were life peers.This total however, remains greater than the membership of 669 peers in March 2000, after implementation of the House of Lords Act 1999 removed the bulk of the hereditary peers from their seats, remains well above the 600-member cap, and is still larger than the House of Commons's 650 members.Legislation, with the exception of money bills, may be introduced in either House.