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Labour’s plan for hereditary peers is more constitutional vandalism

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Lords begin four days of detailed scrutiny of Government’s abolition Bill .

Legislation promised by Labour in its manifesto and passed the Commons by 435 to 73 .

Many of the hereditaries bring expertise and specialist knowledge unavailable to other peers.

Many placemen and women are coming through the entrance, many of them former Labour MPs.