The constitutional affairs secretary has announced that the government will propose legislation to remove the remaining 92 hereditary legislators from Parliament. New legislators-for-life will continue to be appointed however, under the supervision of a statutory commission.
The conservative party leader in the House of Lords threatened a “major fight” against the reform. Legislators-for-life from other parties also protested that their power would be weakened if all members of the second chamber were appointed.
The legislation will also provide for legislators-for-life who are convicted of a criminal offence to be removed from office by the state. There is no mechanism for the people to remove them from the legislature under any circumstances.
Hereditary Legislators To Be Removed
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