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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#House_of_Lords_Reform_Bill_2012"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5.2</span> <span>House of Lords Reform Bill 2012</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-House_of_Lords_Reform_Bill_2012-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-House_of_Lords_Reform_Act_2014" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#House_of_Lords_Reform_Act_2014"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5.3</span> <span>House of Lords Reform Act 2014</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-House_of_Lords_Reform_Act_2014-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lords_Spiritual_(Women)_Act_2015" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lords_Spiritual_(Women)_Act_2015"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5.4</span> <span>Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015</span> 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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Burns_report"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6.1</span> <span>Burns report</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Burns_report-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Starmer_Labour_government" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Starmer_Labour_government"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7</span> <span>Starmer Labour government</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Starmer_Labour_government-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Opinion_polling" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Opinion_polling"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Opinion polling</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Opinion_polling-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Reasons_for_reform" class="vector-toc-list-item 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<div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Proposed reforming of the upper house of the British Parliament</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Microcosm_of_London_Plate_052_-_House_of_Lords_edited.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Microcosm_of_London_Plate_052_-_House_of_Lords_edited.jpg/325px-Microcosm_of_London_Plate_052_-_House_of_Lords_edited.jpg" decoding="async" width="325" height="254" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Microcosm_of_London_Plate_052_-_House_of_Lords_edited.jpg/488px-Microcosm_of_London_Plate_052_-_House_of_Lords_edited.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Microcosm_of_London_Plate_052_-_House_of_Lords_edited.jpg/650px-Microcosm_of_London_Plate_052_-_House_of_Lords_edited.jpg 2x" data-file-width="812" data-file-height="634" /></a><figcaption>The House of Lords Chamber as drawn by <a href="/wiki/Augustus_Pugin" title="Augustus Pugin">Augustus Pugin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Rowlandson" title="Thomas Rowlandson">Thomas Rowlandson</a> for <a href="/wiki/Rudolph_Ackermann" title="Rudolph Ackermann">Ackermann</a>'s <i>Microcosm of London</i> (1808–1812)</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>reform of the House of Lords</b>, the <a href="/wiki/Upper_house" title="Upper house">upper house</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a>, has been a topic of discussion in <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Politics of the United Kingdom">UK politics</a> for more than a century. Multiple governments have attempted reform, beginning with the introduction of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_Act_1911" title="Parliament Act 1911">Parliament Act 1911</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_government,_1905%E2%80%931915" title="Liberal government, 1905–1915">incumbent Liberal Government</a>. When the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> came to power in the <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 general election</a>, the Blair government passed the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords_Act_1999" title="House of Lords Act 1999">House of Lords Act 1999</a>. On 7 November 2001 the government undertook a public consultation.<sup id="cite_ref-WhitePaper2001_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhitePaper2001-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This helped to create a public debate on the issue of Lords reform, with 1,101 consultation responses<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and numerous debates in Parliament and the media. However, no consensus on the future of the upper chamber emerged. </p><p>All three of the main parties promised to take action on Lords reform in the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010 general election</a>, and following it the <a href="/wiki/Cameron%E2%80%93Clegg_coalition" title="Cameron–Clegg coalition">Coalition Agreement</a> included a promise to "establish a committee to bring forward proposals for a wholly or mainly elected upper chamber on the basis of proportional representation".<sup id="cite_ref-coalition_agreement_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coalition_agreement-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Deputy Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Nick_Clegg" title="Nick Clegg">Nick Clegg</a> introduced the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords_Reform_Bill_2012" title="House of Lords Reform Bill 2012">House of Lords Reform Bill 2012</a> on 27 June 2012<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which built on proposals published on 17 May 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-House_of_Lords_reform_proposals_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-House_of_Lords_reform_proposals-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, this Bill was abandoned by the Government on 6 August 2012 following opposition from within the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a>. A successful attempt to pursue minor reform of the House was made on 14 May 2014 when the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords_Reform_Act_2014" title="House of Lords Reform Act 2014">House of Lords Reform Act 2014</a> gained Royal Assent. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_of_reform">History of reform</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History of reform"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_reform_of_the_House_of_Lords" title="History of reform of the House of Lords">History of reform of the House of Lords</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reform_and_reform_attempts_before_1997">Reform and reform attempts before 1997</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Reform and reform attempts before 1997"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Liberal Government elected in 1910 included a foreword in the Parliament Act 1911: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>...whereas it is intended to substitute for the House of Lords as it at present exists a Second Chamber constituted on a popular instead of hereditary basis, but such substitution cannot be immediately brought into operation</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/Parliament_Act_1911" title="Parliament Act 1911">Parliament Act 1911</a></cite></div></blockquote><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Labour_Clears_The_Way.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Labour_Clears_The_Way.jpg/220px-Labour_Clears_The_Way.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Labour_Clears_The_Way.jpg/330px-Labour_Clears_The_Way.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Labour_Clears_The_Way.jpg/440px-Labour_Clears_The_Way.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3500" data-file-height="2330" /></a><figcaption>Labour Party campaign poster from 1910</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Parliament_Act_1911" title="Parliament Act 1911">Parliament Act 1911</a> removed the ability of the House of Lords to veto money bills; with any other bills, the House of Commons was given powers to overrule the Lords' veto after three parliamentary sessions. In 1917 the <a href="/wiki/Bryce_Commission_(House_of_Lords_reform)" title="Bryce Commission (House of Lords reform)">Bryce Commission</a> was set up to consider House of Lords reform proposals. The commission's recommendations were rejected by a vote in the House of Lords. The <a href="/wiki/Parliament_Act_1949" title="Parliament Act 1949">Parliament Act 1949</a>, however, amended the 1911 act reducing the time the Lords could delay a bill from two sessions to one. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Salisbury_Convention" title="Salisbury Convention">Salisbury Convention</a> is an unwritten <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_convention_(political_custom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitutional convention (political custom)">constitutional convention</a> that the Commons, as the elected chamber, has a mandate to pass anything in manifesto without Lords' veto. This was necessary as the Conservative Party had an absolute majority in the House of Lords, and it was seen as inappropriate for them to use this to block the Labour government's policies following their landslide victory in 1945. The <a href="/wiki/Life_Peerages_Act_1958" title="Life Peerages Act 1958">Life Peerages Act 1958</a> enabled the appointment of a new class of peers, who could sit and vote in the House of Lords, but the honour and rights would not be hereditary. These were intended to be merit-based, letting in 'the great and the good' from various backgrounds of expertise and experience and ending the exclusively hereditary (and exclusively male) composition. Since 1965, almost all peerages appointed have been life peerages. However, the system has come under criticism in 'cash for honours' scandals in which those who donate significant sums to political parties may be able to gain membership of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a>, undermining its credibility as a revising chamber. The <a href="/wiki/Peerage_Act_1963" title="Peerage Act 1963">Peerage Act 1963</a> allowed hereditary peers to disclaim their peerage, allowing them to vote and stand for elections to the House of Commons. It also permitted hereditary peers in the Peerage of Scotland and female hereditary peers to sit in the House of Lords without the election of <a href="/wiki/List_of_Scottish_representative_peers" title="List of Scottish representative peers">Scottish representative peers</a> as had been the procedure in Scotland prior to the Act. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Parliament_(No._2)_Bill_1968–69"><span id="Parliament_.28No._2.29_Bill_1968.E2.80.9369"></span>Parliament (No. 2) Bill 1968–69</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Parliament (No. 2) Bill 1968–69"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1968, <a href="/wiki/Harold_Wilson" title="Harold Wilson">Harold Wilson</a>'s Labour Government published a white paper on reform of the House of Lords.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Main proposals made in the white paper were: </p> <ul><li>Life peers, created hereditary peers and 16 bishops would have been able to be voting members of the House, if they attended at least one third of the sittings and were under 72 years old at the start of a new parliament. Number of bishops would have been decreased from 26 to 16 through retirements.</li> <li>Hereditary peers by succession sitting at the time would have remained as non-voting members with all other rights of a member. Their heirs would have been excluded from future membership.</li> <li>Sitting government would have got a right to a majority of voting members of the House.</li> <li>The right of the House to delay a bill would have been reduced from one year to six months.</li></ul> <p>The Parliament (No. 2) Bill, which embodied proposals of the white paper, was introduced in December 1968. Prime Minister announced in April 1969 that the Government would not proceed with the bill. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Powers_as_of_1997_election">Powers as of 1997 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Powers as of 1997 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Originally, the two Houses of Parliament had equal legislative powers.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2008)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The agreement of both was necessary before a bill could be submitted to the Monarch for <a href="/wiki/Royal_assent" title="Royal assent">royal assent</a>, which if granted made the bill an <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Act of Parliament">Act of Parliament</a>. After the <a href="/wiki/English_Restoration" class="mw-redirect" title="English Restoration">English Restoration</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_convention_(political_custom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitutional convention (political custom)">constitutional convention</a> arose that the House of Lords would defer to the <a href="/wiki/British_House_of_Commons" class="mw-redirect" title="British House of Commons">House of Commons</a> on measures to raise and spend money. The <a href="/wiki/Parliament_Act_1911" title="Parliament Act 1911">Parliament Act 1911</a> divided Bills into three classes. </p> <ol><li>Money bills which, failing consent from the Lords within one month, could receive royal assent without it.</li> <li>Other bills on which the House of Lords could exercise a suspensory veto.</li> <li>On any bill extending the maximum term of the House of Commons beyond five years, the House of Lords retained equal legislative powers.</li></ol> <p>Together with the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_Act_1949" title="Parliament Act 1949">Parliament Act 1949</a>, these two acts enable the Commons (in exceptional circumstance) to pass legislation without approval from the Lords but subject to certain time delays. In effect, they give the House of Lords the power to delay legislation but not to prevent it. Since 1911 there have been various attempts to reform the Lords, but none tackled the powers of the House except the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_Act_1949" title="Parliament Act 1949">Parliament Act 1949</a> which reduced the suspensory veto to two sessions and one year. By the time of the <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 general election</a> there was still no consensus on comprehensive reform of the upper chamber of Parliaments. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Blair_Labour_government">The Blair Labour government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: The Blair Labour government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Labour Party had in its <a href="/wiki/Manifesto" title="Manifesto">manifesto</a> the promise to reform the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a>: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The House of Lords must be reformed. As an initial, self-contained reform, not dependent on further reform in the future, the right of hereditary Peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords will be ended by statute...</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Labour Party, Labour Party Manifesto 1997, p32–33</cite></div></blockquote> <p>In 1999, the Government completed a deal with the Lords to remove most of the <a href="/wiki/Hereditary" class="mw-redirect" title="Hereditary">hereditary</a> Peers and passed the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords_Act_1999" title="House of Lords Act 1999">House of Lords Act 1999</a> leaving amongst the majority of appointed Peers a rump of 92 Hereditary Peers until the second phase of reform was complete. These 92 were elected from within those who had a right to be members of the House of Lords as a result of their hereditary status. This arrangement was stated to be purely temporary until the second stage of reform was completed.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This led to some claims (perhaps not all serious) that the elected Hereditary Lords were the only democratic members of the House.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Royal_Commission">Royal Commission</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Royal Commission"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1999 a Royal Commission was appointed, under <a href="/wiki/John_Wakeham,_Baron_Wakeham" class="mw-redirect" title="John Wakeham, Baron Wakeham">Lord Wakeham</a>, to examine proposals for Lords Reform and make recommendations. It published its <a href="/wiki/Wakeham_Report" title="Wakeham Report">report</a><sup id="cite_ref-RoyalCommission_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RoyalCommission-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 2000 with 132 recommendations of which the main were: </p> <ul><li>It should have around 550 members of which 65, 87 or 195 should be elected.</li> <li>There should be an <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords_Appointments_Commission" title="House of Lords Appointments Commission">independent Appointments Commission</a> responsible for all appointments.</li> <li>The new second chamber should have the capacity to offer counsel from a range of sources. It should be broadly representative of society in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 21st century. It should work with the House of Commons to provide an effective check upon the Government. It should give the United Kingdom's constituent nations and regions, for the first time, a formally constituted voice in the Westminster Parliament.</li> <li>The Commons should be the principal political forum, should have the final say in respect of all major public policy issues, including those expressed in the form of proposed legislation. The second chamber should have sufficient power, and the associated authority, to require the Government and the House of Commons to reconsider proposed legislation and take account of any cogent objections to it.</li> <li>The House of Lords should contain a substantial proportion of people who are not professional politicians, who have continuing experience in a range of different walks of life and who can bring a broad range of expertise to bear on issues of public concern. Representation of the reformed second chamber should match that of the country as expressed in votes cast at the most recent general election but it should not be capable of being dominated by any one political party and continue to include people who can help it to maintain a philosophical, moral or spiritual perspective on public policy issues.</li> <li>Possession of a <a href="/wiki/Peerage" title="Peerage">peerage</a> should no longer be a necessary qualification for membership</li> <li>Provisions should be in place to permit ministers to be drawn from the Upper House</li> <li>The upper House should ensure that changes to the constitution are not made without full and open debate and that there is increased scrutiny of secondary legislation</li> <li>The commission <i>could not recommend</i>: a wholly or largely directly elected second chamber; indirect election from the devolved institutions (or local government electoral colleges) or from among British MEPs; random selection, or co-option.</li></ul> <p>In a debate in the House of Lords on 7 March 2000, <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Jay,_Baroness_Jay_of_Paddington" title="Margaret Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington">Baroness Jay of Paddington</a> expressed the government's broad acceptance of the commission's report: </p> <blockquote><p>The Government accept the principles underlying the main elements of the Royal Commission's proposals on the future role and structure of this House, and will act on them. That is, we agree that the Second Chamber should clearly be subordinate, largely nominated but with a minority elected element and with a particular responsibility to represent the regions. We agree there should be a statutory appointments commission ...<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>On 4 May 2000 the Prime Minister announced the membership of a non-statutory <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords_Appointments_Commission" title="House of Lords Appointments Commission">Appointments Commission</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the debate in the Commons on 19 June 2000 the Government announced the establishment of a Joint Committee of both houses to consider the Royal Commission's work.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But in a written reply on 6 March 2001 the Government stated there was little prospect of a Joint Committee being established in the present Parliament due to a failure of cross-party discussions.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 26 April 2001 the Queen confirmed her intention to create 15 new non-party-political members of the House of Lords termed "<a href="/wiki/People%27s_Peers" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Peers">People's Peers</a>". In the May <a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">2001 general election</a>, all three main parties included statements on House of Lords reform in their <a href="/wiki/Manifestos" class="mw-redirect" title="Manifestos">manifestos</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="White_paper_and_first_consultation">White paper and first consultation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: White paper and first consultation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 7 November 2001, the government launched a white paper and consultation stating: </p> <blockquote><p>A credible and effective second chamber is vital to the health of Britain's democracy ... The Government is determined to proceed with this wider reform of the House of Lords. The Royal Commission offered an excellent way forward and the Government has a clear electoral mandate to undertake it. Our mission is to equip the British people with a Parliament and a constitution fit for the 21st century. A reformed second chamber has an indispensable role to play, and this White Paper prepares the way for its introduction.<sup id="cite_ref-WhitePaper2001_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhitePaper2001-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>In the white paper, although the government said it "strongly endorsed" the Royal Commission's views, it listed its own proposals:<sup id="cite_ref-WhitePaper2001_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhitePaper2001-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>The remaining 92 hereditary peers were to be removed, the number of peers to be capped after 10 years at 600 and 120 members to be elected to represent the nations and the regions.</li> <li>It was to include a significant minority of independent members. Its political membership should be broadly representative of the main parties' relative voting strengths as reflected in the previous general election. Membership was to be separated from the peerage which would continue as an honour. There should be increased representation of women and those from ethnic minority backgrounds. No group in society should in future have privileged hereditary access to the House.</li> <li>The House of Lords would remain subject to the pre-eminence of the House of Commons in discharging its functions; its principal function should continue to be to consider and revise legislation, to scrutinise the executive, and to debate and report on public issues.</li> <li>The statutory Appointments Commission would manage the balance and size of the House, appoint the independent members, and to assure the integrity of those nominated by political parties.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="First_public_consultation">First public consultation</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: First public consultation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The white paper invited comments from interested parties stating the government intended to introduce legislation "incorporating decisions on the issues raised in the consultation"<sup id="cite_ref-WhitePaper2001_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhitePaper2001-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and listed the following as the main points of consultation: </p> <ul><li>The overall balance between elected, nominated and <i>ex officio</i> members, and the balance between political and independent members;</li> <li>Whether elections to the Lords should be linked to general elections, those for the European Parliament, or over time linked to those from devolved and regional bodies within the UK;</li> <li>The length of term for elected members;</li> <li>The term of appointment;</li> <li>What grounds should lead to statutory expulsion from the House;</li> <li>Whether there should be a change from an expenses-based system of remuneration.</li></ul> <p>The result was that an unprecedented<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2007)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> 1101 submissions were made to the consultation and both the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties published their own proposals during the consultation in January 2002. In May 2002, the Government published a statistical analysis. The Government proposed to establish a Joint Committee on House of Lords Reform to try to take matters forward and achieve a consensus.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Votes_of_February_2003">Votes of February 2003</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Votes of February 2003"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 11 December 2002, the Joint Committee published its first report, which set out "an inclusive range of seven options for the composition of a reformed House of Lords".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2003, the House of Lords and Commons debated the report. The debate in the Lords was dominated by contributors arguing for a fully appointed House, so much so that Lord Irvine stated: </p> <blockquote><p>Plainly, the dominant view of this House expressed over the past two days is in favour of an all-appointed House.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>On 29 January 2003, then Prime Minister Tony Blair added his own support to a fully appointed House by arguing against the creation of a hybrid House.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 4 February 2003, the Commons and House of Lords voted on the seven options proposed by the joint committee and the Commons also voted on an amendment to abolish the upper house completely: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Results of parliamentary votes, 4 February 2003 </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Option </th> <th colspan="2">Lords </th> <th colspan="2">Commons </th></tr> <tr> <th>Elected</th> <th>Appointed </th> <td>Contents</td> <td>Not-Contents </td> <td>Aye</td> <td>No </td></tr> <tr> <th>0%</th> <th>100% </th> <td><b>335</b></td> <td>110</td> <td>245</td> <td><b>323</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>20%</th> <th>80% </th> <td>39</td> <td><b>375</b></td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th>40%</th> <th>60% </th> <td>60</td> <td><b>358</b></td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th>50%</th> <th>50% </th> <td>84</td> <td><b>322</b></td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th>60%</th> <th>40% </th> <td>91</td> <td><b>317</b></td> <td>253</td> <td><b>316</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>80%</th> <th>20% </th> <td>93</td> <td><b>338</b></td> <td>281</td> <td><b>284</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>100%</th> <th>0% </th> <td>106</td> <td><b>329</b></td> <td>272</td> <td><b>289</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Abolition </th> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>172</td> <td><b>390</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>After this series of votes, where the Commons failed to back a single option and the Lords only a fully appointed House, <a href="/wiki/Robin_Cook" title="Robin Cook">Robin Cook</a>, the leader of the Commons, said: </p> <blockquote><p>We should go home and sleep on this interesting position. That is the most sensible thing that anyone can say in the circumstances. As the right honourable Gentleman knows, the next stage in the process is for the Joint Committee to consider the votes in both Houses. Heaven help the members of the Committee, because they will need it.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>With widely differing views in the Joint Committee, its report on 9 May 2003 effectively passed the initiative back to the Government. But nine members of the Joint Committee issued a statement coinciding with the publication which stated: </p> <blockquote><p>Since the House of Commons rejected the option of a fully appointed Second Chamber by a large majority on 4th February it would be absurd and unacceptable to introduce legislation which would have that effect. Simply evicting the hereditary peers, and placing the appointments process on a statutory basis, would result in that soundly rejected option. Those who argue that the Commons must remain predominant – including Ministers – should surely respect the outcome of that vote by MPs.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p><b>Creation of <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Constitutional_Affairs" title="Department for Constitutional Affairs">Department for Constitutional Affairs</a></b> In June 2003, Tony Blair announced the creation of a new department to oversee constitutional change with <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Falconer,_Baron_Falconer_of_Thoroton" title="Charlie Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton">Lord Falconer of Thoroton</a> as its first Secretary of State. The department was tasked with: </p> <ul><li>Establishment of an independent Judicial Appointments Commission.</li> <li>Creation of a new <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Supreme Court of the United Kingdom">Supreme Court</a> to replace the existing system of Law Lords operating as a committee of the House of Lords.</li> <li>Reform of the Speakership of the House of Lords.</li> <li>New arrangements for the conduct of Scottish and Welsh business.</li></ul> <p>When in 2003 Lord Falconer of Thoroton signalled the government's preference for an all appointed House of Lords, three members of the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> issued a statement: </p> <blockquote><p>We, together with other members of the committee, issued a statement at the same time stating our belief that the committee could not continue to act in the absence of an indication of the government's preferred route to achieve its manifesto commitment to a more representative and democratic House of Lords.</p></blockquote> <p>Ministers responded, saying: </p> <blockquote><p>We cannot accept the removal of the remaining hereditary peers on its own, but only as part of much wider measures of reform to create a democratic and accountable second chamber. ... We therefore see no role which the joint committee can usefully play in achieving the reformed House of Lords which we seek.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Second_public_consultation">Second public consultation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Second public consultation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In September 2003, the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Constitutional_Affairs" title="Department for Constitutional Affairs">Department for Constitutional Affairs</a> issued <i>Constitutional Reform: Next Steps for the House of Lords</i>, which gave as its main proposals: </p> <ul><li>A fully appointed House of Lords</li> <li>Removal of the remaining 92 hereditary peers</li> <li>Establishment of a statutory independent Appointments Commission accountable to Parliament which would determine numbers and timings of appointments, select independent members of the House to oversee party nominations</li></ul> <p>The paper also started a second consultation, on the Appointments Commission for the House of Lords requesting submissions on how the Appointments Commission itself would be appointed, even though no other alternatives to an appointed Commission had been considered. Reaction to the paper was hostile: for example, <a href="/wiki/William_Goodhart,_Baron_Goodhart" title="William Goodhart, Baron Goodhart">Lord Goodhart</a>, the Liberal Democrat spokesperson on Constitutional Affairs, said "the overwhelming reaction I have is a feeling of contempt and betrayal".<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 18 March 2004 (before the statistical analysis had been published), the BBC reported<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that the government would not proceed with legislation to enact the proposals in the consultation. Although this suggested a lack of support for their proposals from the consultation, when the statistical analysis was published on 22 April 2004 the report stated that on the main issue (2a): </p> <blockquote><p>87 percent of respondents dealing with issue 2 (a) were in favour of a Commission composed of representatives of the three main political parties and the cross-benchers and a number of independently appointed members.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>With such an apparently high level of support, it is unclear why the government chose not to proceed. The only insight available is unofficial reports putting the actual level of support at closer to third. </p><p>Moreover, as the government published most of the responses to both consultations, it is possible to see that many of these responses were highly critical of both the Government's proposal and the consultation process; some even went on to complain that the UK government breached its own code of conduct for consultations by failing to mention many of the new ideas arising from both consultations. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005 general election</a>, all three parties included statements on reform of the House of Lords in their manifestos with the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats promising "substantially"/"predominantly" elected Chambers. In December 2005, the Constitution Unit, part of the University College of London's School of Public Policy, released research findings showing "surprising levels of support from MPs and the public for the Lords to vote down government proposals": </p> <blockquote><p>Despite the unelected basis of the Lords these results make clear that it enjoys support from MPs and the general public to block policies that are perceived as unpopular. Far from clashing with the Commons it may even inflict government defeats with the silent approval of Labour MPs. Whilst government may wish to tame the powers of the Lords, these results suggest that voters are really quite happy with things as they are.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Supreme_Court">Supreme Court</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Supreme Court"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 24 March 2005, the <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Reform_Act_2005" title="Constitutional Reform Act 2005">Constitutional Reform Act 2005</a> received Royal Assent. It provides for replacement of the <a href="/wiki/Judicial_functions_of_the_House_of_Lords" title="Judicial functions of the House of Lords">Appellate Committee of the House of Lords</a> with a <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Supreme Court of the United Kingdom">Supreme Court</a>. It came into force on 1 October 2009, when the new court started work. Most of the Law Lords became its first justices, but retained their peerages. A peerage is no longer required to sit in the UK's court of last resort. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2006_discussions">2006 discussions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 2006 discussions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 2006, the House of Lords reform was again under discussion. This new interest resulted from the <a href="/wiki/Cash_for_Peerages" class="mw-redirect" title="Cash for Peerages">Cash for Peerages</a> affair together with recent attempts by the Lords to block, water down, or add safeguards to (according to viewpoint) recent controversial legislation such as the <a href="/wiki/Anti-terrorism,_Crime_and_Security_Act_2001" title="Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001">Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hunting_Act_2004" title="Hunting Act 2004">Hunting Act 2004</a>, <a href="/wiki/Terrorism_Act_2006" title="Terrorism Act 2006">Terrorism Act 2006</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Identity_Cards_Act_2006" title="Identity Cards Act 2006">Identity Cards Act 2006</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Racial_and_Religious_Hatred_Act_2006" title="Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006">Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006</a>. Following the failure of the previous public consultations, to endorse the Government's proposals for reform, in April 2006, <a href="/wiki/Baroness_Amos" class="mw-redirect" title="Baroness Amos">Baroness Amos</a> announced the government would now "consult privately" with the other main political parties on the membership of the House.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/UK_Cabinet_reshuffle,_May_2006" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Cabinet reshuffle, May 2006">Cabinet reshuffle on 5 May 2006</a>, governmental responsibility for this topic was transferred from <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Falconer,_Baron_Falconer_of_Thoroton" title="Charlie Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton">Lord Facloner of Thoroton</a>, both <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Constitutional_Affairs" title="Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs">Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lord_Chancellor" title="Lord Chancellor">Lord Chancellor</a>), to the <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_House_of_Commons" title="Leader of the House of Commons">Leader of the House of Commons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Straw_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack Straw (politician)">Jack Straw</a>. </p><p>Jack Straw now faced an enormous challenge. Although seen as very modest reforms, the removal of most Hereditary Peers and rebalancing of the political make up of the House (Labour Peers now formed the largest political party) were making the House increasingly confident of its own legitimacy. Paradoxically, far from making the Lords more submissive, more and more the House of Lords was willing to be assertive in its actions and confront the government.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 22 January 2007 the Power Inquiry<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> launched a campaign for greater citizen involvement and provided statistics showing that 68% of the public felt a jury of the general public should decide "the future of the House of Lords", 17% thought elected politicians should decide and 9% appointed civil servants. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2007_white_paper">2007 white paper</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 2007 white paper"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 8 February 2007, the Government published a new <a href="/wiki/White_paper" title="White paper">white paper</a><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> following discussions of a cross-party working group convened by <a href="/wiki/Jack_Straw_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack Straw (politician)">Jack Straw</a>, Leader of the House of Commons. The consensus position adopted by the paper called for a House composed of elected members and members appointed by a new Statutory Appointments Commission. The new commission would select non-party-political appointees; party-political appointees would be nominated by party leaders in the House of Commons and vetted by the commission. </p><p>Any elected element would be elected under a regional <a href="/wiki/Party-list_proportional_representation" title="Party-list proportional representation">list system</a>. All elections and appointments would take place on a five-year cycle, with one third of the House admitted at each intake to a fixed fifteen-year term; this term would be non-renewable, to ensure members' independence. A further measure would prohibit former members of the reformed House from seeking election to the House of Commons before a minimum amount of time had elapsed after the expiry of their term in the reformed House – the Government suggested five years. The aim of this measure was to prevent aspiring politicians from using the reformed House as a base to launch a Parliamentary career. The Government proposed that elections and appointments should be held on the same day as elections for Britain's <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Member of the European Parliament">Members</a> of the <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a> – which also take place on a fixed five-year cycle. </p><p>Whilst the white paper made recommendations for a half-elected, half-appointed House, it proposed a <a href="/wiki/Free_vote" class="mw-redirect" title="Free vote">free vote</a> of MPs among seven options as to composition (see <a href="#Votes_of_March_2007">below</a>). The white paper also recommended that at least 20% of members be non-party-political appointees: for example, under the white paper's proposal of a 50–50 split between elected and appointed members, the remaining 30% appointed members would be party political; under the 80%–20% elected/appointed option, there would be no party-political appointees. The 20% non-party-political element would include a reduced number of <a href="/wiki/Lords_Spiritual" title="Lords Spiritual">Church of England bishops</a>, whose appointment would not go through the Statutory Appointments Commission. The total size of the House was proposed to be 540 members – with 180 introduced at each intake. </p><p>The paper provided for a gradual transition, with no <a href="/wiki/Life_peers" class="mw-redirect" title="Life peers">life peers</a> forced to retire before death, but with the possibility of a redundancy package should they choose to do so. The remaining <a href="/wiki/Hereditary_peers" class="mw-redirect" title="Hereditary peers">hereditary peers</a> would be removed, but the white paper left open whether they would be removed at one stroke or allowed a gradual removal by "natural wastage". The link between the <a href="/wiki/Peerage" title="Peerage">peerage</a> and membership of the House would be broken: peerages could still potentially be awarded as an <a href="/wiki/British_honours_system" class="mw-redirect" title="British honours system">honour</a>, but would neither entail nor follow automatically from a seat in the House. The question of a possible new name for the reformed House was left open. </p><p>The white paper also proposed avoiding the risk of all options being rejected, as had occurred in the 2003 debate, by using the <a href="/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting" title="Instant-runoff voting">alternative vote</a> system (also known as instant-runoff voting).<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Using the alternative vote for legislative proposals would have been a new precedent for the UK Parliament. Resistance by Members on all sides of the House of Commons caused Leader of the House of Commons Jack Straw to drop this proposal on 19 February. The free vote was therefore held under traditional Parliamentary procedures. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Votes_of_March_2007">Votes of March 2007</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Votes of March 2007"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 2007 the Houses of <a href="/wiki/British_House_of_Commons" class="mw-redirect" title="British House of Commons">Commons</a> and <a href="/wiki/British_House_of_Lords" class="mw-redirect" title="British House of Lords">Lords</a> debated the proposals in the 2007 white paper and voted on a similar series of motions to those voted on in 2003. Unexpectedly, the House of Commons voted by a large majority for an all-elected Upper House.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One week later, the House of Lords retorted by voting for an all-appointed House by a larger majority.<sup id="cite_ref-peers_reject_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-peers_reject-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the Commons vote, it was speculated by political commentators that some MPs supporting a fully appointed House had voted tactically for a fully elected House as the option likely to be least acceptable to the House of Lords.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This called into question the significance of the larger majority achieved for 100% elected than that achieved for 80% elected. However, examination of the names of MPs voting at each division in the Commons shows that, of the 305 who voted for the 80% elected option, 211 went on to vote for the 100% elected option. Given that this vote took place after the vote on 80% – whose result was already known when the vote on 100% took place – this shows a clear preference in the Commons for a fully elected Upper House over the only other option that passed, since any MP who favoured 80% over 100% would have voted against the latter motion, having already secured their preferred outcome (76 MPs – including Jack Straw, his shadow Theresa May and Opposition Leader David Cameron – did exactly that). Had all the votes been held in the contrary order, those 211 would have voted against the 80% motion, which would consequently have fallen.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2007)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Parliamentary votes for an appointed House of Lords, 7/14 March 2007 </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Option </th> <th colspan="2">Lords </th> <th colspan="2">Commons </th></tr> <tr> <th>Elected</th> <th>Appointed </th> <td>For</td> <td>Against </td> <td>For</td> <td>Against </td></tr> <tr> <th>0%</th> <th>100% </th> <td><b>361</b></td> <td>121</td> <td>196</td> <td><b>375</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>20%</th> <th>80% </th> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th>40%</th> <th>60% </th> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th>50%</th> <th>50% </th> <td>46</td> <td><b>409</b></td> <td>155</td> <td><b>418</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>60%</th> <th>40% </th> <td>45</td> <td><b>392</b></td> <td>178</td> <td><b>392</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>80%</th> <th>20% </th> <td>114</td> <td><b>336</b></td> <td><b>305</b></td> <td>267 </td></tr> <tr> <th>100%</th> <th>0% </th> <td>112</td> <td><b>326</b></td> <td><b>337</b></td> <td>224 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Retain bicameral </th> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td><b>416</b></td> <td>163 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Remove hereditaries </th> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td><b>391</b></td> <td>111 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>There was strong opinion about the votes. Lord McNally, the Liberal Democrat leader in the Lords said the Lords' decision </p> <blockquote><p>flies in the face of public opinion and of the commitment made by all three major parties at the last general election. ... A veto on constitutional reform by the House of Lords is not acceptable. It is now up to the House of Commons to assert its primacy. The Liberal Democrats' 100-year-old commitment to an elected House of Lords remains intact.<sup id="cite_ref-peers_reject_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-peers_reject-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Prior to the debate Lord Lipsey, former Economics Editor of the Sunday Times, estimated the cost of the plans in the white paper at £1.092 billion over a 15-year term.<sup id="cite_ref-LipseyCosts_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LipseyCosts-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The government dismissed this as "back-of-an-envelope calculations"<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Jack Straw told the House of Commons that </p> <blockquote><p>May I say that Lord Lipsey's estimate is absolute utter balderdash and nonsense? It cannot be the case that a partly elected other place would cost £1 billion when the total cost of this place, according to the most extravagant analysis, is £300 million.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>("Other place" is Commons jargon for the House of Lords.) In response Lord Lipsey accused Jack Straw of misleading the House of Commons: </p> <blockquote><p>He said that the figure was £300 million; in fact, for the latest year it is £468.8 million. For that, see the Written Answer from the noble Lord, Lord McKenzie of Luton, ... that is only the minor error. The major error is that he compared my costing for a full 15-year period with the annual cost of the House of Commons.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>On 15 March Lord Steel published a proposed bill approved by a large meeting of peers and MPs of all parties who had been working on these proposals for some time with proposals for four reforms:<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li>End the by-elections for hereditary peers and turn the remaining ones into de facto life peers and finally end hereditary entry into our Upper House.</li> <li>Create a Statutory Appointments Commission to replace Prime Ministerial patronage for new peers.</li> <li>Authorise the government to proceed with a retirement package which should reduce the average age and decrease the present House of 740 by possibly 200.</li> <li>Enable peerages to be removed from those guilty of serious offences on the same basis as the Commons.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Brown_Labour_government">The Brown Labour government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: The Brown Labour government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 19 July 2007 <a href="/wiki/Jack_Straw" title="Jack Straw">Jack Straw</a> stated that the powers of the chamber, the method of election, financial packages and the number of members would yet again be discussed by a cross-party working group. The opposition's response was to suggest that "the real message in your statement today [is] that Lords reform is on ice until after the next election".<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 14 May 2008 Gordon Brown announced that the government intended to publish a new <a href="/wiki/White_paper" title="White paper">white paper</a> on lords reform.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was issued by the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Justice" title="Secretary of State for Justice">Secretary of State for Justice</a> Jack Straw in July 2008, containing proposals to create a wholly elected second chamber.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The proposals did not move forward to become legislation. While a renewed white paper was pointed to in 2009, none was published before the general election in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Labour Party's manifesto at that election proposed a referendum on an elected House of Lords by October 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Conservative–Liberal_Democrat_Coalition_government"><span id="The_Conservative.E2.80.93Liberal_Democrat_Coalition_government"></span>The Conservative–Liberal Democrat Coalition government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: The Conservative–Liberal Democrat Coalition government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Conservative%E2%80%93Liberal_Democrat_coalition_agreement" title="Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition agreement">Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition agreement</a> agreed following the 2010 general election clearly outlined a provision for a wholly or mainly elected second chamber, elected by a proportional representation system. These proposals sparked a debate on 29 June 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-House_of_Lords_debate_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-House_of_Lords_debate-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As an interim measure, it was agreed that the appointment of new peers will reflect shares of the vote secured by the political parties in the last general election.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="May_2011_proposals_and_draft_bill">May 2011 proposals and draft bill</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: May 2011 proposals and draft bill"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Detailed proposals for Lords reform including a draft House of Lords Reform Bill were published on 17 May 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-House_of_Lords_reform_proposals_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-House_of_Lords_reform_proposals-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These include a 300-member hybrid house, of which 80% are elected. A further 20% would be appointed, and reserve space would be included for some <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a> <a href="/wiki/Lords_Spiritual" title="Lords Spiritual">bishops</a>. Under the proposals, members would also serve single non-renewable terms of 15 years. Former <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament#United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">MPs</a> would be allowed to stand for election to the Upper House, but members of the Upper House would not be immediately allowed to become MPs. </p><p>Many of the details of the proposal were incorporated into the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords_Reform_Bill_2012" title="House of Lords Reform Bill 2012">House of Lords Reform Bill 2012</a> introduced to the Commons in June 2012. </p><p>The proposals were considered by a Joint Committee on House of Lords Reform made up of both MPs and Peers. </p><p>The Joint Committee on House of Lords Reform published its final report on 23 April 2012<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and made the following suggestions: </p> <ul><li>The reformed House of Lords should have 450 members.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Peers with the least attendance should be the first to be removed from a mainly elected House.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Up to 12 Lords Spiritual should be retained in a reformed House of Lords.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="House_of_Lords_Reform_Bill_2012">House of Lords Reform Bill 2012</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: House of Lords Reform Bill 2012"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords_Reform_Bill_2012" title="House of Lords Reform Bill 2012">House of Lords Reform Bill 2012</a></div> <p>The bill, introduced by Nick Clegg, was given its first reading on 27 June 2012. On 9 July 2012, the bill began to be debated. The Government also tried to introduce a programme motion, which would have limited the amount of time available to debate the bill. Labour called for more scrutiny of the bill and said it would vote against the programme motion, along with several Conservative MPs.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 10 July 2012, it became clear that the Government was going to lose the vote on the programme motion and it was withdrawn. At the vote that evening on whether to give the bill a second reading, 91 Conservative MPs voted against the <a href="/wiki/Three_line_whip" class="mw-redirect" title="Three line whip">three line whip</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while 19 more abstained. On 6 August 2012, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced that the Government was abandoning the bill due to the opposition from Conservative backbench MPs, claiming that the Conservatives had "broken the coalition contract".<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, David Cameron disputed this view, saying that the agreement contained no specific promise to enact reform of the House of Lords.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="House_of_Lords_Reform_Act_2014">House of Lords Reform Act 2014</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: House of Lords Reform Act 2014"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords_Reform_Act_2014" title="House of Lords Reform Act 2014">House of Lords Reform Act 2014</a></div> <p>The House of Lords Reform Act 2014 allowed members to resign from the House; previously there was no mechanism for this. It also allowed for the (non-retrospective) exclusion of any peer convicted of a criminal offence and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of one year or more. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Lords_Spiritual_(Women)_Act_2015"><span id="Lords_Spiritual_.28Women.29_Act_2015"></span>Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Lords_Spiritual_(Women)_Act_2015" title="Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015">Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015</a></div> <p>The Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 regulates the procedure for women bishops to enter the House of Lords as Lords Spiritual. It stipulates that whenever a vacancy arises among the Lords Spiritual during the decade after the passing of the act, this vacancy is to be filled by a female bishop, if there are any eligible. This followed the Bishops and Priests (Consecration and Ordination of Women) Measure 2014, whereby the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a> first recognised female bishops. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="House_of_Lords_(Expulsion_and_Suspension)_Act_2015"><span id="House_of_Lords_.28Expulsion_and_Suspension.29_Act_2015"></span>House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords_(Expulsion_and_Suspension)_Act_2015" title="House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015">House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015</a></div> <p>The House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015 authorised the House to expel or suspend members. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_May_government">Second May government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Second May government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Burns_report">Burns report</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Burns report"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 2017, <a href="/wiki/Norman_Fowler,_Baron_Fowler" title="Norman Fowler, Baron Fowler">Lord Fowler</a> (the <a href="/wiki/Lord_Speaker" title="Lord Speaker">Lord Speaker</a>), launched the inquiry of his new committee on the House's size.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The committee, chaired by <a href="/wiki/Terence_Burns,_Baron_Burns" title="Terence Burns, Baron Burns">Lord Burns</a>, reported on 31 October 2017, chiefly recommending a reduction to 600 members. To that end, the report recommended: members be appointed to 15 year terms; at least 20% would be <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician#House_of_Lords" title="Independent politician">independents</a>/<a href="/wiki/Crossbencher#United_Kingdom" title="Crossbencher">crossbenchers</a> and no party would have a majority; party appointments would be tied to general election results; a "two-out, one-in" programme of departures to make reductions towards the target size.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Starmer_Labour_government">Starmer Labour government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Starmer Labour government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords_(Hereditary_Peers)_Bill" title="House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill">House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill</a></div> <p>During and following <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024 United Kingdom general election</a>, the Labour Party detailed plans to extend the expiring <a href="/wiki/Lords_Spiritual_(Women)_Act_2015" title="Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015">Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015</a>, eliminate <a href="/wiki/Hereditary_peer" title="Hereditary peer">hereditary peers</a> from the House of Lords, and introduce mandatory retirement for Lords at 80 years of age.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 30 July 2024, <a href="/wiki/Baroness_Smith_of_Basildon" class="mw-redirect" title="Baroness Smith of Basildon">Baroness Smith of Basildon</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_House_of_Lords" title="Leader of the House of Lords">Leader of the House of Lords</a>, introduced a bill to extend the Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 by 5 years to 18 May 2030.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 5 September 2024, <a href="/wiki/Keir_Starmer" title="Keir Starmer">Keir Starmer</a>'s government introduced the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords_(Hereditary_Peers)_Bill" title="House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill">House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill</a> in House of Commons to remove all hereditary peers, including the <a href="/wiki/Earl_Marshal" title="Earl Marshal">Earl Marshal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lord_Great_Chamberlain" title="Lord Great Chamberlain">Lord Great Chamberlain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Across the aisle, Conservative <a href="/wiki/Philip_Norton,_Baron_Norton_of_Louth" title="Philip Norton, Baron Norton of Louth">Lord Norton of Louth</a> introduced a <a href="/wiki/Private_member%27s_bill" title="Private member's bill">private member's bill</a> in September 2024 to reform the peerage appointment process by creating an advisory commission.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Opinion_polling">Opinion polling</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Opinion polling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Various questions have been asked about House of Lords reform by opinion polling companies. The following table includes a selection of polls of the general public summarised by whether respondents support the abolition of the House of Lords, a partially or fully elected second chamber or the House of Lords remaining as an appointed chamber. </p> <table style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;line-height:14px;width:100%;" class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Dates conducted </th> <th>Polling organisation </th> <th>Client </th> <th>Sample size </th> <th style="background:#0f9988; color:white; width:100px">Support abolition (%) </th> <th style="background:#FFBF00; color:white; width:100px">Support partial or fully elected chamber (%) </th> <th style="background:#993311; color:white; width:100px">Support status quo (%) </th> <th style="background:#FFBF11; color:white; width:100px">Support appointed members with term limit of 10 years (%) </th> <th style="background:silver; width:100px">Undecided (%) </th> <th>Question </th></tr> <tr> <td>13 January 2020 </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/survey-results/daily/2020/01/13/55037/2">YouGov</a> </td> <td><i>N/A</i> </td> <td>1,908 </td> <td>22% </td> <td style="background:#ddc2bb"><b>28%</b> </td> <td>15% </td> <td>— </td> <td>31% </td> <td>Thinking about the future of the House of Lords, which of the following would you most like to see? </td></tr> <tr> <td>23–24 May 2018 </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2018/05/25/no-public-are-not-furious-house-lords">YouGov</a> </td> <td><i>N/A</i> </td> <td>1,654 </td> <td>21% </td> <td style="background:#ddc2bb"><b>34%</b> </td> <td>16% </td> <td>— </td> <td>25% </td> <td>Thinking about the future of the House of Lords, which of the following would you most like to see? 4% stated 'something else'. </td></tr> <tr> <td>6–17 May 2018 </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://2sjjwunnql41ia7ki31qqub1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/23052018-We-The-People-Tables-MAY-2018.pdf">ComRes</a> </td> <td><i>We, The People</i> </td> <td>2,045 </td> <td>24% </td> <td style="background:#ddc2bb"><b>37%</b> </td> <td>17% </td> <td>22% </td> <td>— </td> <td>Which of these do you personally think should happen to the House of Lords? Please indicate which one option best represents your view. </td></tr> <tr> <td>17–20 October 2017 </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bmgresearch.co.uk/ersbmg-poll-almost-two-thirds-public-now-back-elected-house-lords/">BMG</a> </td> <td><i>Electoral Reform Society (ERS)</i> </td> <td>1,148 </td> <td>27% </td> <td style="background:#ddc2bb"><b>63%</b> </td> <td>10% </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>Currently, members of the House of Lords are not elected but appointed to the chamber by the Queen on the advice of the Prime Minister. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>A number of other opinion polls on House of Lords reform have been reported between 2007 and 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reasons_for_reform">Reasons for reform</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Reasons for reform"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are several criticisms of the House of Lords, including: </p> <ul><li>The appointments process, which has often been described as undemocratic. The current process means the House of Lords remains fully unelected and allows peers to hold their seats until death.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The makeup of the Lords does not reflect the social and demographic diversity of the UK, with under-representation of ethnic minorities and women when compared with the House of Commons,<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and relative over-representation of people from South East England and people over 50.</li> <li>The House of Lords is often criticised for being too large, and thus too expensive. With almost 800 members it is the second-largest legislative house in the world, second only to the <a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Congress" title="National People's Congress">National People's Congress</a> of China, and is much larger than Upper Houses in comparable countries.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The physical capacity of the chamber is only about 400 seats, which has led to "jostling for space".<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>These criticisms have led some to question whether there is a need for a second house at all, and whether the bicameral system in British politics is still useful.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_range_of_options">The range of options</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: The range of options"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"Central to the future House of Lords is its composition. For the Lords to act with legitimacy as an effective and balanced second chamber, it must have the right form to deliver the range of roles and functions it needs".<sup id="cite_ref-ModernisingParliament_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ModernisingParliament-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With 1101 submissions to the first consultation, several hundred to the second and many articles in the newspapers and various discussions, there were many different views on reform of the House of Lords. It is only possible to give a broad outline of the many different proposals and even then only those where the proposals were mentioned by a number of respondents. </p><p><i>Proposals are listed alphabetically</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Abolition">Abolition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Abolition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many legislatures, especially in states with a smaller geography, such as the parliaments of Norway, Sweden, Portugal, Denmark, Israel and New Zealand (and within the UK, the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Senedd_Cymru_%E2%80%93_Welsh_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament">Senedd</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Northern Ireland Assembly</a>) are <a href="/wiki/Unicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Unicameral">unicameral</a> and thus do not have an upper house. Instead, scrutiny is carried out by parliamentary committees. A minority of MPs voted for the outright abolition of the upper house in 2003, and it was Labour party policy until the late 1980s. One of the most well known MPs to advocate the abolition of the House of Lords was <a href="/wiki/Tony_Benn" title="Tony Benn">Tony Benn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-newstatesman.com_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newstatesman.com-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2020, during the <a href="/wiki/2020_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">2020 Labour Party leadership election</a>, candidate <a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Long-Bailey" title="Rebecca Long-Bailey">Rebecca Long-Bailey</a> announced her support for abolishing the House of Lords.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a> (SNP) favours abolition, and as such has no members of the House of Lords.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2022, <a href="/wiki/Keir_Starmer" title="Keir Starmer">Sir Keir Starmer</a> stated that if elected, the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> would abolish the House of Lords and replace it with an "Assembly of the Nations and Regions" consisting of 200 elected members.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2024, Labour was reported in the <i>Financial Times</i> to have moved to delay plans to abolish the House of Lords until after its first term, instead implementing "only limited reforms to the Lords in order to focus on economic priorities", such as that announced in April 2024 that would "swiftly abolish all hereditary peers" within a first term.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Allotment_(sortition)"><span id="Allotment_.28sortition.29"></span>Allotment (sortition)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Allotment (sortition)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There was a considerable number of proposals in the consultation for an Upper House chosen by <a href="/wiki/Sortition" title="Sortition">allotment</a> (random selection). Proposals varied from a House chosen completely at random from the whole electorate to those where allotment was applied to smaller groups such as those volunteering or those selected in another way. Most proposals referred to the allotment of the governing juries in the <a href="/wiki/Athenian_democracy" title="Athenian democracy">democracy of Ancient Greece</a>, where selection by lot was considered to be more democratic than election: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I mean, for example, that it is thought to be democratic for the offices to be assigned by lot, for them to be elected is oligarchic.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Aristotle, <i>Politics</i></cite></div></blockquote> <p>Research has suggested that parliaments including randomly selected members are likely to be more efficient and to result in greater benefits to society.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, at present within the UK this form of selection is mainly restricted to the allotment of <a href="/wiki/Jury" title="Jury">jurors</a>. Opposition is based either on the practical need for some expertise amongst members of the upper chamber or on a belief that "democracy means an elected second chamber".<sup id="cite_ref-DemocIsElect_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DemocIsElect-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Appointment">Appointment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Appointment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The reason that the UK almost uniquely (except for <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Canada" title="Senate of Canada">Canada</a>) still retained an appointed second chamber in 1997 was that it was widely accepted that it worked effectively.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Accuracy_dispute#Disputed_statement" title="Wikipedia:Accuracy dispute"><span title="There was a Commons majority for reform in 1999 (January 2013)">dubious</span></a> – <a href="/wiki/Talk:Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords#Dubious" title="Talk:Reform of the House of Lords">discuss</a></i>]</sup> In particular the large number of cross bench peers would be impossible to achieve in most electoral systems. </p> <blockquote><p>The great strength of the Lords is that it contains not just a bunch of experienced retired MPs but a whole raft of individuals with specialist knowledge and experience from the worlds of commerce, medicine, the services, the civil service, academia, the unions – the list is endless – none of whom would be likely to be available to stand for election. (<a href="/wiki/Lord_Steel" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Steel">Lord Steel</a>, former Alliance leader, in 2007)<sup id="cite_ref-steel_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-steel-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Those supporting a fully appointed House reject the idea of a composite partly elected, party appointed House: </p> <blockquote><p>I can think of nothing more destructive of the present harmonious atmosphere in the Lords. Elected members would be justifiably incensed if the votes of appointed members happened to determine any issue before the house.<sup id="cite_ref-steel_81-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-steel-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>The main issues are:<sup id="cite_ref-ModernisingParliament_70-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ModernisingParliament-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>achieving a range of representation, bringing in those with skills and experience, allowing <i><a href="/wiki/Ex_officio" class="mw-redirect" title="Ex officio">ex officio</a></i> members and ensuring a continuity of membership;</li> <li>maintaining the status and independence of the Lords without endangering the supremacy of the Commons;</li> <li>maintaining the low cost of the present House; and</li> <li>preventing the possibility of a constitutional clash between appointed and elected members.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Combination_(mixed_members)"><span id="Combination_.28mixed_members.29"></span>Combination (mixed members)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Combination (mixed members)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By far the most commonly suggested proposal for reform amongst politicians is a combination of an elected and appointed House and this was the original proposal recommended by the <a href="/wiki/Wakeham_Report" title="Wakeham Report">Wakeham Report</a>. Proponents suggest the combination would allow an appointed element to retain the skills and experience of the present House and elections would make it democratic without the problems of being fully elected which would allow the Upper House to challenge the primacy of the Commons. Opponents say that the two types of members will inevitably conflict, voting for part of the House will have little support amongst an already sceptical electorate, and the lack of synergy will make it worse than either a fully elected or fully appointed house. Various proposals on the exact percentage of those elected and appointed have been produced: </p> <ul><li>In January 2002, the Conservatives unveiled plans for a 300-member "Senate", with 240 members elected by <a href="/wiki/First_past_the_post" class="mw-redirect" title="First past the post">first past the post</a> for 15 years.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Elect_the_Lords" class="mw-redirect" title="Elect the Lords">Elect the Lords</a> campaign set up by <a href="/wiki/New_Politics_Network" title="New Politics Network">New Politics Network</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charter88" class="mw-redirect" title="Charter88">Charter88</a> supports a predominantly elected second chamber.</li> <li>In 2005, a cross party group of MPs chaired by <a href="/wiki/Paul_Tyler" title="Paul Tyler">Paul Tyler</a> consisting of <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Clarke" title="Kenneth Clarke">Kenneth Clarke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robin_Cook" title="Robin Cook">Robin Cook</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Wright_(Staffordshire_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Wright (Staffordshire politician)">Dr Tony Wright</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sir_George_Young,_6th_Baronet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir George Young, 6th Baronet">Sir George Young</a> proposed a 70% elected second chamber, elected in thirds at each general election using the <a href="/wiki/Single_transferable_vote" title="Single transferable vote">single transferable vote</a>. This proposal was largely adopted by the <a href="/wiki/Power_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Power Commission">Power Commission</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Appointment_by_jury">Appointment by jury</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Appointment by jury"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under this proposal, a jury would appoint some or all members of the chamber so retaining the skills and experience of the present House and also making its selection more democratic;<sup id="cite_ref-allot_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allot-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the jury being considered to give democratic legitimacy to the appointments without the problems of mandating the House through elections which might lead to a potential conflict with the Commons. It was a minority "grass roots option"<sup id="cite_ref-allot_83-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allot-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> not seen before the second consultation where it was supported by around 10% of submissions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Election">Election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many countries have directly elected Upper Chambers but they try to make their electoral systems for the second chamber as distinct as possible from the first chamber by holding elections on a different cycle or electing only a proportion of members on each occasion.<sup id="cite_ref-ModernisingParliament_70-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ModernisingParliament-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Politicians such as Tony Benn maintained that elections are necessary to be democratic, stating, "Democracy means an elected second chamber", however Tony Benn later advocated for the abolition of the House of Lords.<sup id="cite_ref-DemocIsElect_80-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DemocIsElect-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-newstatesman.com_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newstatesman.com-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the Government report, the advantages of an elected Upper House are:<sup id="cite_ref-ModernisingParliament_70-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ModernisingParliament-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>Legitimacy</b>: A directly elected body would have a democratic mandate.</li> <li><b>Status of members</b>: Membership of the second chamber would be seen as a job with specific and important duties attached.</li> <li><b>Representation</b>: All parts of the country and all shades of political opinion could be represented.</li> <li><b>Age</b>: An elected House is likely to have more younger people in it than a nominated one and therefore be more reflective of society.</li> <li><b>Entrenched bicameralism</b>: It is an unequivocal sign the Government was committed to a bicameral legislature.</li></ul> <p>The main disadvantages are: </p> <ul><li><b>Conflict with the House of Commons</b>: It may challenge the supremacy of the Commons on the strength of its own electoral mandate – a conflict that may be difficult to resolve given the largely unwritten constitution of the UK.</li> <li><b>Loss of independents and ex officio membership</b>: It would be virtually impossible to retain any independent, non-party element in the House.</li> <li><b>Age</b>: An elected House would have more younger people than a nominated one which would have less experience.</li> <li><b>Composed of simply politicians</b>: Politicians who would be <a href="/wiki/Whip_(politics)" title="Whip (politics)">whipped</a> by the Government of the day, removing independence.</li> <li><b>Transitional difficulties</b>: The transition to a fully elected House would be most disruptive.</li> <li><b>Higher costs</b>: Elections, proper salaries and research facilities would considerably increase the costs.</li> <li><b>Loss of diversity</b>: the current membership of the House of Lords has a higher proportion of women, <a href="/wiki/Disabled_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Disabled people">disabled</a> and <a href="/wiki/Black_and_minority_ethnic" class="mw-redirect" title="Black and minority ethnic">black and minority ethnic</a> people when compared the House of Commons and other elected bodies in the UK. A move to an elected chamber would be likely to diminish this diversity.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Many submissions from the public rejected the notion that an elected Upper House would be democratic, basing their assertion on the model of the <a href="/wiki/Athenian_democracy" title="Athenian democracy">Athenian democracy</a> which did not elect either the Upper House or assembly. (The Athenian Upper House was a court allotted from all citizens, and any citizen was able to attend the assembly.) </p><p>The main variation between proposals for an elected Upper House is the form of election: </p> <ul><li>Most proponents support a system of <a href="/wiki/Proportional_Representation" class="mw-redirect" title="Proportional Representation">Proportional Representation</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservatives</a> have called for the second chamber to be elected by <a href="/wiki/First_Past_the_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="First Past the Post">First Past the Post</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hereditary">Hereditary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Hereditary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It has been suggested by some<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that the hereditary peerage ought to be restored to the House of Lords. The <a href="/wiki/Parliament_Acts_1911_and_1949" title="Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949">Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949</a> are particularly cited by proponents of this idea in that the House of Lords no longer has power of veto, merely a power of delay, making the assertion of democratic accountability being required for legislators redundant, in their eyes, as the Lords has no power to force its will upon the House of Commons.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many hereditary members of the Lords were suggested to have voted on legislation through matters of conviction as their chances of achieving high office was extremely unlikely therefore they were not compelled to vote on party lines under the threat of being deprived of ministerial promotion.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The high portion of hereditary peers that sat as crossbenchers relative to the amount of independents in the House of Commons is also cited as verification of this fact and that hereditary peers generally take a more long-term perspective on legislative matters, unlike Members of Parliament who are statistically more likely to vote in favour of populist policies for electoral purposes.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, a hereditary right passing down the generations was argued as promoting a divided society between the <a href="/wiki/Social_structure_of_the_United_Kingdom#upper_class" class="mw-redirect" title="Social structure of the United Kingdom">upper classes</a> and the lower classes. Moreover, in practice, the hereditary peers had a natural bias on certain issues, such as a socially conservative outlook and unwillingness to support liberal and socialist legislation.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> (In the events which led to the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_Act_1911" title="Parliament Act 1911">original legislation</a> to reduce their power, the House of Lords were opposed to the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Budget" title="People's Budget">People's Budget</a>, which did not serve their interests, as it was built to help the middle and lower classes, while taxing land owners and the "idle rich", promising <a href="/wiki/Redistribution_of_income_and_wealth" title="Redistribution of income and wealth">wealth redistribution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indirect_election/appointment"><span id="Indirect_election.2Fappointment"></span>Indirect election/appointment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Indirect election/appointment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>About 30% of overseas second chambers are elected by indirect methods, including the upper houses of France, the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>, South Africa and the <a href="/wiki/Seventeenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution">pre-1913 United States</a>. The electoral college often consists of members of local authorities or regional assemblies, and may include members of the primary chamber. There are various proposals: </p> <ul><li>Elections by Regional Development Agencies and voluntary regional chambers, the London Assembly "would demonstrate a direct connection between these other bodies and the central institutions at Westminster" and because "many of these bodies had themselves been elected ... it could therefore reinforce the democratic nature of an otherwise nominated House".<sup id="cite_ref-ModernisingParliament_70-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ModernisingParliament-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lord_Steel's_reform_proposals"><span id="Lord_Steel.27s_reform_proposals"></span>Lord Steel's reform proposals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Lord Steel's reform proposals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2012, <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrat</a> peer <a href="/wiki/Lord_Steel" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Steel">Lord Steel</a> proposed a solution<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to avoid four identified pitfalls of reform, namely: </p> <ul><li>Conflict between two elected houses</li> <li>Territorial peers threatening the role of constituency MPs</li> <li>The huge expense of (i) further national elections and of (ii) full-time salaried peers</li> <li>The loss of experience and expertise among independent peers.</li></ul> <p>Lord Steel's proposal would have an upper house, "The Senate", comprising 450 members, to be known as "senators". Immediately after the 5-yearly general elections, 150 senators would be elected for 15 years. Voting would not be by universal suffrage: this electorate would be the newly elected MPs, MEPs, and Members of the three devolved legislatures: the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_for_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="National Assembly for Wales">National Assembly for Wales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Northern Ireland Assembly</a>. </p><p>Lord Steel suggested this would be "simple, inexpensive and likely to produce a less London-centric chamber than at present", adding "such a fundamental, democratically reformed upper chamber would maintain the existing revising role, be part-time and unpaid, though needing tougher declaration of interest rules than at present". The Senate would retain existing powers and conventions. It follows that, after each general election, the new cohort of 150 senators would have a similar party make-up to the Commons, whilst the other 300 senators would continue in post, unaffected by contemporary electoral swings. </p><p>Steel suggested the "Senate" nomenclature "so that so-called Lords are spared the embarrassment of the title". Whether his ideas might lead to changing the name of the House of Commons remains to be seen, as presumably any adoption of Steel's Senate proposals might consequently permit the aristocracy to stand for parliament. Also, transitional arrangements would have to be made to decide which existing members of the House of Lords would stay on, for five or ten years respectively, as the "sitting 300". </p><p>Steel's outline proposals did not specifically mention the <a href="/wiki/Lords_Spiritual" title="Lords Spiritual">Lords Spiritual</a>, but, just like hereditary peers, presumably bishops would no longer have any reserved seats in the Senate. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secondary_mandate">Secondary mandate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Secondary mandate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Secondary_mandate" title="Secondary mandate">Secondary mandate</a></div> <p>A system proposed by musician and activist <a href="/wiki/Billy_Bragg" title="Billy Bragg">Billy Bragg</a> (and endorsed by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Economist" title="The Economist">The Economist</a></i>) whereby the share of each party's votes at each general election is aggregated and each party is allocated a number of places proportionately using a <a href="/wiki/Closed_list" title="Closed list">closed list</a> system.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each elector would have one vote which would both determine their local MP and the composition of the Upper House. </p><p>The advantages of this system are claimed to be that: there would be only one election campaign to fund, it does not waste votes because votes for minority parties will count in the Upper House and so it should improve voter turnout, and as the upper house has no direct vote it has no separate mandate and so the Commons will remain supreme. Critics<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too-vague attribution or weasel words. (December 2010)">who?</span></a></i>]</sup> however see a single vote as a choice between voting for an MP or voting for the upper house; if large numbers choose to vote for the upper house instead of their MP it would undermine the mandate of the Commons and create a confused election (for example MPs might be ousted by a poor performance of their party in the Upper House and vice versa). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_issues">Other issues</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Other issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>At present, the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> and <a href="/wiki/Senedd_Cymru_%E2%80%93_Welsh_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament">Senedd</a> have devolved powers over areas like Health and Education. The Scottish Parliament and Senedd do not have upper chambers but instead MSPs and MSs scrutinise legislation in committee systems. This means that, for example, legislation on English health and education is subject to the House of Lords, whilst Scottish and possibly Welsh legislation are not.</li> <li>There are some concerns that a reformed upper house may be "a feeder body" into the lower house (<a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Atkins" title="Charlotte Atkins">Charlotte Atkins</a> MP) as has occurred in other countries with bicameral parliaments. Various proposals have been put forward to prevent this happening, including a five-year ban on former members of the Lords seeking election to the Commons. Others are concerned that the upper house may be filled by MPs who lose their seats. Proposals to deal with this problem include lifetime disqualification for membership of the House of Commons as a condition of a place in a reformed upper house.<sup id="cite_ref-historyandpolicy_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-historyandpolicy-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The future of peerages. One proposal is that peerages should remain, as part of the honours system, but that they should no longer be linked to membership of the upper house.</li> <li>The name. Were the link between peerages and membership of the upper house to end, the name of the upper house might also change as a consequence. The Liberal Democrats,<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and more recently the Conservatives,<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> have proposed that the upper house converts to the <a href="/wiki/Senate" title="Senate">senatorial</a> system, as is constituted in several other English-speaking countries. Labour, in the report from its <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://labour.org.uk/updates/stories/a-new-britain-renewing-our-democracy-and-rebuilding-our-economy/">Commission on the UK's Future</a> has suggested the name "Assembly of the Nations and Regions".</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Reform_Act_2005" title="Constitutional Reform Act 2005">Constitutional Reform Act 2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitutional_reform_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constitutional reform in the United Kingdom">Constitutional reform in the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratization" title="Democratization">Democratisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disestablishmentarianism" title="Disestablishmentarianism">Disestablishmentarianism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Election" title="Election">Election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunpowder_Plot" title="Gunpowder Plot">Gunpowder Plot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_enacted_without_the_House_of_Lords%27_consent" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom enacted without the House of Lords' consent">List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom enacted without the House of Lords' consent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Canada#Senate_reform" title="Senate of Canada">Canadian Senate reform</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 May</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+House+of+Lords+Completing+the+Reform%3B+A+Government+White+Paper+Presented+to+Parliament+by+the+Prime+Minister&rft.date=2001-11-07&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dca.gov.uk%2Fconstitution%2Fholref%2Findex.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AReform+of+the+House+of+Lords" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040501080747/http://www.dca.gov.uk/constitution/holref/holrefresp/index.htm">"The House of Lords Completing the Reform; Consultation Responses"</a>. May 2002. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 May</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+House+of+Lords+Completing+the+Reform%3B+Consultation+Responses&rft.date=2002-05&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dca.gov.uk%2Fconstitution%2Fholref%2Fholrefresp%2Findex.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AReform+of+the+House+of+Lords" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-coalition_agreement-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-coalition_agreement_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100712173057oe_/http://programmeforgovernment.hmg.gov.uk">"Programme for Government"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Programme+for+Government&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwebarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk%2F20100712173057oe_%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fprogrammeforgovernment.hmg.gov.uk&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AReform+of+the+House+of+Lords" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmagenda/sa120627.htm">"Summary Agenda 27 June 2012"</a>. <i>UK Parliament</i>. 27 June 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=UK+Parliament&rft.atitle=Summary+Agenda+27+June+2012&rft.date=2012-06-27&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.parliament.uk%2Fpa%2Fcm201213%2Fcmagenda%2Fsa120627.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AReform+of+the+House+of+Lords" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-House_of_Lords_reform_proposals-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-House_of_Lords_reform_proposals_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-House_of_Lords_reform_proposals_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dpm.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/news/proposals-reformed-house-lords-published">"Proposals for a reformed House of Lords published"</a>. <i>Gov.uk</i>. Deputy Prime Minister. 17 May 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Gov.uk&rft.atitle=Proposals+for+a+reformed+House+of+Lords+published&rft.date=2011-05-17&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dpm.cabinetoffice.gov.uk%2Fnews%2Fproposals-reformed-house-lords-published&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AReform+of+the+House+of+Lords" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDeadman1998" class="citation web cs1">Deadman, Hugo (14 July 1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/lords-library/hllreform.pdf">"Proposals for the Reform of the Composition and Powers of the House of Lords, 1968–1998"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>House of Lords Library Notes</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=House+of+Lords+Library+Notes&rft.atitle=Proposals+for+the+Reform+of+the+Composition+and+Powers+of+the+House+of+Lords%2C+1968%E2%80%931998&rft.date=1998-07-14&rft.aulast=Deadman&rft.aufirst=Hugo&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.parliament.uk%2Fglobalassets%2Fdocuments%2Flords-library%2Fhllreform.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AReform+of+the+House+of+Lords" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199899/cmhansrd/vo981202/debtext/81202-18.htm#81202-18_spnew3">"HC Hansard, Vol 321 Col 874"</a>. <i>parliament.uk</i>. 2 December 1998<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 May</span> 2008</span>. <q>Yes, we are certainly prepared to agree to a proposal that would allow us to remove the hereditary peers altogether, in two stages. We are perfectly prepared to agree that in the first stage one in 10 hereditaries stays, and in the second stage they go altogether.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=parliament.uk&rft.atitle=HC+Hansard%2C+Vol+321+Col+874&rft.date=1998-12-02&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.parliament.uk%2Fpa%2Fcm199899%2Fcmhansrd%2Fvo981202%2Fdebtext%2F81202-18.htm%2381202-18_spnew3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AReform+of+the+House+of+Lords" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcLean2009" class="citation book cs1">McLean, Iain (12 November 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://academic.oup.com/book/25917"><i>What's Wrong with the British Constitution?</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-172003-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-172003-1"><bdi>978-0-19-172003-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=What%27s+Wrong+with+the+British+Constitution%3F&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2009-11-12&rft.isbn=978-0-19-172003-1&rft.aulast=McLean&rft.aufirst=Iain&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Facademic.oup.com%2Fbook%2F25917&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AReform+of+the+House+of+Lords" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-RoyalCommission-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-RoyalCommission_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-house-for-the-future-royal-commission-on-the-reform-of-the-house-of-lords">"A House for the Future; Royal Commission on the Reform of the House of Lords"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Stationery_Office" title="The Stationery Office">The Stationery Office</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 May</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=A+House+for+the+Future%3B+Royal+Commission+on+the+Reform+of+the+House+of+Lords&rft.pub=The+Stationery+Office&rft.date=2000-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fa-house-for-the-future-royal-commission-on-the-reform-of-the-house-of-lords&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AReform+of+the+House+of+Lords" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199900/ldhansrd/vo000307/text/00307-03.htm#00307-03_spmin1">"HL Hansard, Vol 610 Col 912"</a>. 7 March 2000<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 May</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=HL+Hansard%2C+Vol+610+Col+912&rft.date=2000-03-07&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.parliament.uk%2Fpa%2Fld199900%2Fldhansrd%2Fvo000307%2Ftext%2F00307-03.htm%2300307-03_spmin1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AReform+of+the+House+of+Lords" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199900/cmhansrd/vo000504/text/00504w01.htm#00504w01.html_sbhd1">"HC Hansard, Vol 349 Col 181W"</a>. 4 May 2000<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 May</span> 2008</span>. <q>I have decided to appoint the following people, on the recommendation of the selection panel, as the independent Chairman and members of the Interim House of Lords Appointments Commission.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=HC+Hansard%2C+Vol+349+Col+181W&rft.date=2000-05-04&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.parliament.uk%2Fpa%2Fcm199900%2Fcmhansrd%2Fvo000504%2Ftext%2F00504w01.htm%2300504w01.html_sbhd1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AReform+of+the+House+of+Lords" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199900/cmhansrd/vo000619/debtext/00619-16.htm">"HC Hansard, Vol 352 Col 55"</a>. 19 June 2000<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 May</span> 2008</span>. <q>we suggested in the 1999 White Paper that a Joint Committee of both Houses would be a suitable means of considering the parliamentary aspects of the reform proposals. That is still our view.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=HC+Hansard%2C+Vol+352+Col+55&rft.date=2000-06-19&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.parliament.uk%2Fpa%2Fcm199900%2Fcmhansrd%2Fvo000619%2Fdebtext%2F00619-16.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AReform+of+the+House+of+Lords" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200001/cmhansrd/vo010306/text/10306w21.htm#10306w21.html_sbhd10">"HC Hansard, Vol 364 Col 200W"</a>. 6 March 2001<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 May</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=HC+Hansard%2C+Vol+364+Col+200W&rft.date=2001-03-06&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.parliament.uk%2Fpa%2Fcm200001%2Fcmhansrd%2Fvo010306%2Ftext%2F10306w21.htm%2310306w21.html_sbhd10&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AReform+of+the+House+of+Lords" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">HC Hansard 12 May 2002, cols. 516–533</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">HL Hansard 12 May 2002, cols. 12–23</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200203/jtselect/jtholref/17/1702.htm"><i>Joint Committee on House of Lords Reform – First Report</i></a>. London: <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a>. 11 December 2002. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-10-400116-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-10-400116-X"><bdi>0-10-400116-X</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 November</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Joint+Committee+on+House+of+Lords+Reform+%E2%80%93+First+Report&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Parliament+of+the+United+Kingdom&rft.date=2002-12-11&rft.isbn=0-10-400116-X&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.parliament.uk%2Fpa%2Fjt200203%2Fjtselect%2Fjtholref%2F17%2F1702.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AReform+of+the+House+of+Lords" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">HL Hansard, 22 January 2003, Col. 831</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">HC Hansard, 29 January 2003, cols. 877-78</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">HC Hansard, 4 February 2003, col. 243</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Statement included in Liberal Democrat press release: 'Don't Tinker with the Lords', 9 May 2003</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3073273.stm">"Lords reform hits new delay"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. 17 July 2003<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 April</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Lords+reform+hits+new+delay&rft.date=2003-07-17&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F2%2Fhi%2Fuk_news%2Fpolitics%2F3073273.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AReform+of+the+House+of+Lords" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">HL Hansard, 18 September 2003</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3524834.stm">"Blair puts Lords reform on hold"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. 19 March 2004<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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The alternative vote is a form of <a href="/wiki/Ranked_voting_systems" class="mw-redirect" title="Ranked voting systems">preferential voting</a>, but, as it only involves electing a single winning candidate or option, it is not a form of proportional representation.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6420965.stm">"MPs back all-elected Lords plan"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. London. 7 March 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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