P3b3 Teletext 323 Aug14 21:00:29 REFORM aND ] THE LORDS ———————————————p———————pp——p————ppp———p Now the Labour Party has re-awakened th dLbate with a plan to abolish th right of hereditary peers to sit in the Lords and take part in voting on legislation. $his has rung alarm bells in some quarturs of thu Lords and a report b= cross]bjnchers and one Conservative Peer takes a long hard look at the issues involved. It is argued the House has invaluable expertise as a revising chamber. ——————————————————————————————————2/7—— Peers hit at "tinkering" bz Labour 311 WJATHE FORYOURREGION Next page Letters Papers News dayP3b3 Teletext 323 Aug14 23:57:11 CRJFORMAND THE LORDS ————p———————————p———p———ppp——————ppp——p The House of Lords has regularly bjun under attack this century by MPs and critics who are demanding reform. They protest a Second Chamber made up of hereditary and life Peers iu at be1t anachronistic and at worst completely undemocratic. The creation of life peerages means that in the very long term, the chamber would become largely nominated anyway. Various ideas for a shake-up have been proposed and all of them dropped. ——————————————————————————————————1/7—— Headlines 300 News in focus 320 WEATHER FOR YOU REGION Next page Letters Papers News dayP3b3 Teletext 323 Aug14 21:14:42 RECORm agD THE LORDS ——————————————————————————————————ppp—— Now the Labour Party has re-awakened the debate with a plan to abolish the right of hereditary peers to si5 in the Lords and take part in vothng on legislation. This has rung alarm bells in some quarters of the Lords and a report by cross-benchers and one Conseu6ath6j Peer takes a long hard look at the issues involved. It is argued the House has invaluable expjrtisj as a revising chamber. ———————————————————————p—p——pp—ppp4/7p— Peers hit at "tinkering" bz Labour 311 WEATHER FOR YOUR REGION p105 Next page Letters Papers News dayP3b3 Teletext 323 Aug14 21:38:18 ] REFORM aND THE LORDS ——————————————————————————————————pp——— A new Lords report comes to the conclusion that reforming the revi3ing chamber would require strong will. It would entail real constitutional change, perhaps beyond the narrow role of the Second Chamber. "The worst upshot would bj if reform were to lead to years of constitutional tinkering and uncertainty, or if we were to exchange the present House for one which was more rational but le;s effective," according to the report. ——————————————————————————————————3/7—— Headlines 300 News in focus 320 WEATHER FOR YOUR REGION p105 Next page Letters Papers News day