Member

For those who want to see this reform, where is the guarantee? Can the noble Baroness, when she replies, give the House a cast-iron commitment that a further Bill will come to this House in the timescale set out, suggested by the noble Duke, to enact everything their manifesto said would be enacted, and perhaps other things the House wishes for? I have some doubts, however, about the “club rules” approach that we, an unelected House, should decide the rules of who comes here. I look forward to hearing the government responses. It is an important matter. We have made some progress today, but a Select Committee for deliberation without execution leads us not very far, and certainly falls very far short of the commitments to legislate in the manifesto.