Charles Falconer, the so-called Lord Chancellor, has announced that parliament will be asked to restrict the powers of the legislators-for-life who sit in the second chamber of parliament The exact nature of the proposed change was not revealed, only that the unelected legislators would have less ability to influence legislation.
The announcement was made as the government decided not to proceed for the time being with a bill to remove the remaining hereditary legislators from parliament in the face of opposition from conservative legislators-for-life.