The New Statesman
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Clifton Hugh Lancelot de Verdon Wrottesley is one of 92 hereditary peers whose role in our democracy is imperilled by the Hereditary Peers Bill .
The bill proposes to “remove the remaining connection between hereditary peerage and membership of the House of Lords ’. Think of the expertise our democracy will lose!.
If this government repeats the pattern we could end up with a thousand people in the second chamber (there are currently 805 ). At a time of very low trust in politics, this is arguably a much more important fight to have than it has been in previous parliaments but it also falls to a government that is having to spend political capital on other conflicts, from workers’ rights to spending and taxation. Progress beyond a few tweaks is far from guaranteed. [See also: The Grenfell report is damning for David Cameron ].
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