The hon. Gentleman is basically saying there would be a problem with which House would be the most legitimate at any given point if both were elected. Will he speculate on why so many countries across the world manage to have a bicameral structure with two elected houses without that problem arising? If he thinks that problem is fundamental to the structure of Parliament, should we not first exhaust the possibility of a unicameral legislature before deciding whether and what type of revising Chamber we might wish to have?
House of Lords: Abolition
Proceeding contribution from
Tommy Sheppard
(Scottish National Party)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 18 June 2018.
It occurred during e-petition debate on House of Lords: Abolition.
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Reference
643 c16WH 
Session
2017-19
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Timestamp
2019-01-22 12:19:54 +0000
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