Member

The deal that was done in 1999, “binding in honour”, as my noble friend Lord Howard of Lympne reminded us in the previous group, left a small number of hereditary Peers behind so that they could speak up here in your Lordships’ House and serve as a living reminder that the Government had not fulfilled their manifesto promises, as the noble Earl, Lord Erroll, pointed out in his contribution. Now, another Labour Government want to rid themselves of that inconvenient reminder and repeat the same trick.