MPs support a plan to end hereditary peers
It is no surprise to see MPs support a plan to end hereditary peers in the House of Lords.
Labour announced it as part of the party’s programme for government and with a very large majority of members in the House of Commons, there was no way any other party could block it.
That is, perhaps, the reason the plan was voted through by such a wide margin – 435 votes to 73. That’s a majority of 362 – more than half the entire membership of the Commons.
Here are the facts from the BBC.
MPs have backed plans to get rid of all hereditary peers from the House of Lords.
A bill making its way through Parliament would abolish the 92 seats reserved for peers who inherit their titles through their families.
MPs voted for the government proposals by 435 votes to 73. The bill will now go to the Lords, where it is expected to face tough opposition.
Of course it doesn’t matter that the Lords themselves will oppose the Bill.
They cannot veto or reject a Bill – they can only amend it, although it is possible for them to delay it for a year if they so choose.
And it seems unlikely that a Bill that simply says all hereditary peers will be removed can be amended in any meaningful way.
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The Sailisbury Convention says the Lords should not oppose a manifesto commitment of the winning party in the Commons. If it is breached, all the more reason to abolish this farce of an upper chamber, but I doubt the non-hereditary peers that are an overwhelming majority of the chamber have any interest in maintaining the privileges of parasites descended from thugs.
but then theyl have a full house of plants hmm
It will never happen!
After the relatively small number of hereditaries are removed we will be left with a second chamber full of unelected lifetime appointees who got there by buying a seat. It doesn’t represent all parties as some will not send members and it bears no resemblance to what the public wants or thinks. We need to remember that at ANY time a government of the day can simply ‘load’ the Lords with appointees to rush through anything they feel to be important and there’s nothing anyone can do about it. To be fair I don’t think this has been done for a hundred years but I didn’t see the prorogation of parliament coming so there’s that..
MPs can then fill the empty seats with their cronies
This is a genuine concern.