I thank my Friend for giving way on that point. I support the amendment we will vote on later. Clearly, what he says about expanding democracy and participation is true—it is welcome and good. Does he agree that there is a very large elephant parked outside the Chamber, namely the House of Lords, which is not subject to any kind of electoral accountability, and yet has a huge influence on legislation and can decide the future of Bills and laws in this country? Surely we need the right to recall or remove Members of the House of Lords.
Recall of MPs Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Jeremy Corbyn
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 27 October 2014.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Recall of MPs Bill.
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