Petition Fair and prompt reform of the House of Lords to ensure every seat is open to all

Despite previous reforms, there is still 92 and 26 seats permanently reserved for hereditary Lords and bishops respectively.

Both hereditary peers and bishop peers are unaccountable to the public, unrepresentative of society makeup and their views, sex discriminatory and anti-meritocratic.

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123 signatures

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Date closed 3 February 2016
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