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The noble Earl is also at odds with some of the other comments from his party. The noble Lord, Lord True, was talking about a deal basically to convert hereditary Peers into life Peers, if I have understood correctly, so we would not have the by-elections, Others in the House are now convinced—after years of trying—by my noble friend Lord Grocott’s proposal that the by-elections should stop, and indeed we have paused them, but the noble Earl’s proposal does nothing at all to address that. His proposal is at odds with what those Members are saying. They accept that the appropriate and proper route is through the Prime Minister from political parties, with Cross-Benchers being different, as we have heard. The noble Earl makes a statement of fact, but it is an incorrect fact.