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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 12 March 2025

Debate

House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill

Contribution

Why are we doing it? People will tell me that it is because the Labour Party’s manifesto indicated that there will be a reform. The Government have decided that the first step is to deal with something that has been going on for 25 years. Then they will face the rest of the amendments and questions. If this is a depository bank, in which we are depositing our views for the future, we should be very careful that termites do not get at them.

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