House of Lords, MPs

MPs back end of House of Lords hereditary peers
The proposals will now undergo further scrutiny in the Lords, where they are expected to face tough opposition.
House of Lords reforms must address bishops, say peers
Cross party support expressed for abolishing the bishops' bench entirely in debate on reforming the House of Lords
MPs reject bid to remove Church of England bishops from House of Lords
The Commons heard calls for the bishops to focus on matters in their ministries rather than on the running of the country.
MPs vote to axe hereditary peers but keep Church of England bishops in constitutional shake-up
MPs have voted to axe remaining hereditary peers in a major constitutional shake-up. A total of 435 MPs voted to remove the "outdated" peers, including 340 Labour MPs and 65 from the Liberal Democrats.
MPs reject amendment to boot bishops from the House of Lords
MEMBERS of Parliament have voted to remove hereditary peers from the House of Lords, but rejected an amendment from the Conservative MP Gavin Williamson to abolish the parliamentary seats for the Lords Spiritual ( News, 1 November ).
SNP MP calls for House of Lords to be abolished
Donors and “cronies” should be removed from the House of Lords, an SNP MP has said, as he called for the upper chamber to be abolished altogether. Pete Wishart described Parliament’s second chamber as an “absurd embarrassment” and criticised the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill for not going far enough.
Keir Starmer top ally hails axing of hereditary peers as 'biggest step in Lords reform for a long time'
Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden stressed MPs had backed the move and it was now down to peers to do the same ...
If Starmer has no need of hereditary peers, we must remove bishops too
Time flies when you finally get into Government. After all, it has been mere months since Sir Keir Starmer was positioning ...
Hereditary peer compares Starmer to China’s Xi as MPs vote to abolish bloodline members
Labour bill has enraged some hereditary peers, but was also criticised by other lords for failing to go far enough ...
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Removal of hereditary peers from House of Lords step closer after vote
Landmark legislation to remove the right of the remaining 92 hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords and is closer after passing its second reading in the House of Commons.
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Why we need to urgently reform the House of Lords
The House of Lords, the UK’s second parliamentary chamber, is primarily a revising chamber and urges the government of the day to rethink some aspects of its proposed legislation. However, it is ...