Member

The problem this House has is that we have had hereditary by-elections ever since his Bill failed and now have a number of very young and active hereditary Peers who are doing a fantastic job in holding the Government to account. They are the ones we want to preserve. Therefore, his argument that we should have passed his legislation and been left with 35 hereditaries does not hold any water at all because they are the ones who are oldest and likely to go anyway. We want to preserve the younger ones who are doing such a valuable job in acting very professionally in this House and holding the Government to account.