The hon. Gentleman makes many trenchant criticisms of the other place, a number of which I agree with. In the interests of even-handedness, however, does he accept that the House of Lords does some good and effective work in holding the Government to account, and that from time to time it makes a very principled stand, such as on tax credits?
House of Lords Reform
Proceeding contribution from
Wayne David
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 14 January 2016.
It occurred during Backbench debate on House of Lords Reform.
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