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House of Lords Reform

Proceeding contribution from Julian Lewis (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 6 March 2007. It occurred during Debate on House of Lords Reform.
I am grateful to my right hon. Friend. Accepting that this Chamber may have more power than the other Chamber, how would we cope with a situation in which the other Chamber had, for example, 80 per cent. elected Members who had less power than us but had been elected more recently and took a different view, or had been elected under a different system and took a different view? If this Chamber were divided, and that Chamber relatively united, would not that be a recipe for tension that can only weaken the democratic process? Why is it that more than 70 per cent. of people think that the other place is doing a good job, but a rather smaller proportion think that this place is doing a good job?
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
457 c1414 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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