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Baroness Burt of Solihull (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 9 December 2024

Debate

House of Lords: Numbers and Eligibility

Contribution

The House of Lords badly needs radically updating if it is going to be a fit revising House for modern Britain. The Government seem to be starting with a piecemeal approach, so when the hereditaries are gone, would the next logical step not be to dispense with the Lords Spiritual, an equally anachronistic body who would otherwise stick out in this place like a sore thumb?

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