This petition was submitted during the 2010 to 2015 Parliament
Rejected petition Replace the house of lords with a fully elected assembly
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The house of lords needs to be replaced with a fully elected body of representatives.
The fact that, in this day and age, we have unelected people, including some who hold the positions hereditarily, playing a role in running our country is an embarrassment.
Therefore if we are to continue to call ourselves a democracy we must reform the house of lords so that it is a fully elected body.
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