House of Lords: Abolition

I thank the hon. Lady for that intervention. I will talk about the need to reduce numbers later. ...

We have unicameral Chambers in Scotland and Wales. We may or may not have issues with the Welsh A...

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. A unicameral system can work perfectly well and I h...

The hon. Gentleman makes the argument that many Members of the House of Lords have considerable e...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that interesting point, but I am describing the existing situation...

I would not want the hon. Gentleman inadvertently to mislead the House. Perhaps he will put on th...

Forgive me. The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right, and I will come to that point later in my spe...

We are in the rather strange and unusual situation of having a two-year parliamentary Session. If...

These are obviously unusual circumstances for all manner of reasons. Brexit and the two-year Sess...

The hon. Gentleman is describing the various reforms to the House of Lords over the years, and I ...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. The nub of the problem is this: what kind of re...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Walker.

Many Members will be familiar...

I take the hon. Gentleman’s point, but does he recall that when reform crashed and burned under t...

I appreciate that, but it does not make the existing system any more acceptable. The problem that...

I very much agree with the hon. Gentleman who is talking about the credibility gap—people cogitat...

I was not aware of that. In the past, some people have had issues to do with their involvement in...

I agree with the hon. Gentleman, because I think of my hon. Friend the Member for Central Ayrshir...

I share a brief with the hon. Member for Central Ayrshire; I think Members from all sides of the ...

During the early part of the 19th century, the power in this country began to shift away from tho...

It is a delight to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Walker. I am pleased to say that I agree alm...

I agree that we need to abolish the Lords and start again, but we have seen that we need a bicame...

That may be true, but I am an idealist, and I believe that we ought to seek out the best solution...

It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Walker.

Let me start in a way t...

I came here with no intention of making a speech, but I was reminded by the hon. Member for Strou...

The hon. Gentleman is basically saying there would be a problem with which House would be the mos...

The hon. Gentleman is right. This is not about dismissing other potential reforms. I am simply ma...

It is as ever a pleasure to serve under your Chairmanship, Mr Walker. I look forward to doing so ...

Is the hon. Gentleman aware that one of the conditions of those appointments was that they would ...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his remarks. I think the Liberal Democrats had a similar position ...

What a great pleasure it is to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Walker. I congratulate the hon. ...

Steyning.

Steyning Grammar School. They talked about the lack of diversity in the Lords and a view that it ...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Moon, as it was earlier to serve under tha...

The Minister will recall the point in my speech about Members of the House of Lords who perhaps d...

I think that the hon. Gentleman will understand if I focus on the point that we are trying to bri...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship for the second part of the debate, Mrs Moon. It...