Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament

Rejected petition Abolish the house of Lords

They are not an elected body and because of their privileged position, they are not representative of the 50 million plus voting population

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/183134

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