New Lords speaker Lord Fowler says number of peers now ‘unjustifiable' and talks of 'passengers' in the House of Lords.
With David Cameron's resignation and the appointment of 16 new peers including Number 10 staff, the House of Lords has grown in size to a bloated chamber of over 830 unelected members.
"Cutting the number of Lords by at least a quarter as Lord Fowler suggested will at least be starting the process of reform – a process that the SNP believes should end with a fully elected upper house at Westminster. It is for opponents of that democratic option to explain why Bishops and party funders with big cheque books or – as recently happened David Cameron’s wife’s stylist – get to legislate on our behalf."
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Wednesday 07 September, 2016
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