It is way past time for a proper democratic reform of the House of Lords. Politicians must do all we can to restore public trust in politics after the chaos of the last Conservative government, which had no interest in reforming the Lords and instead left it as the largest second chamber anywhere in the world.
The government's hereditary peers bill will put an end to the tradition and ban the current 92 lords who inherited their titles from sitting in the second chamber. MPs are expected to vote overwhelmingly in favour of the legislation.
The Lib Dems want to amend the bill in favor of bringing in a totally elected second chamber. It would remove the power of patronage that the prime minister has to recommend new peers.
Labour said in 2022 it wanted to replaced the House of Lords with an elected second chamber, but by the time of its manifesto this year, its plan was first to abolish hereditary peers and bring in an age limit.
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