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Data from the House of Lords Library show that, during the last Parliament, on average, noble Lords attended on 46% of the days when they were eligible to do so. Of the 966 people who were eligible to attend at least some of the last Parliament in this House, 28 did not attend at all and more than 100 Members—116—attended on less than 10% of the days when they could have done; that is the threshold before our consideration now. The noble Earl’s amendment sends them a firm but polite message: “Come and join us a bit more often or retire gracefully, helping us to improve the size and reputation of our House”.