Rejected petition Cut the number of peers in the House of Lords

ERS research has shown that £1,262,670 was claimed last year by peers who did not speak.

This comes at a time when David Cameron says 45 new peers will be added to the house.

The number of peers in the Upper House must be dramatically cut or abolished altogether.

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The Electoral Reform Society (ERS) also found research that 30 silent peers had claimed more than £750,000 between them from 2010 to 2015 without ever speaking once over that five-year period.

Furthermore, many more peers have claimed £10,000s of tax payers but have only voted fewer than 5 times on crucial legislation.

The Upper house is a failed system where over 800 peers can claim £300 per day simply for sitting in the chamber.

In conclusion, a huge waste of tax-payers money!

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Date submitted 8 September 2015
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