Petition Democratic and Fiscal Reform of the House of Lords

There are currently 790 ‘members’ eligible to take part in the work of the House of Lords at a cost to the taxpayer which exceeds £100m per annum. Most of these ‘members’ are life peers and all are unelected which effectively means that we who fund them have no say at all in their appointment.

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This unelected status no longer has a place in a 21st century democratic Great Britain so we need to deliver radical reform that creates a second House that is fully elected. Additionally, given the current state of our public finances, we should aim to deliver a second House that is more affordable, and ideally has no more than 50 ‘members’. I would also propose that membership should be open to anyone who is suitably qualified and not restricted to current House of Lords members.

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Date closed 30 January 2016
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