Member

It is always difficult to reach a consensus. One thing we have heard from the many debates that we have had is that, if the issue of, for example, participation is debated, there are lots of different views on what that may be and how that may be taken forward. Likewise with the retirement age, our manifesto refers to retirement at the end of the Parliament in which somebody reaches 80—so somewhere between 80 and 85—but noble Lords have pointed out that this would create a cliff edge at the end of a Parliament, where lots of noble Lords would leave at the same time. Is there a better way of doing that while maintaining the commitment to the retirement age? On such issues of how we implement that, the engagement of the House would be welcome.