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British Prime Minister Seeks to Reform Controversial House of Lords

British Prime Minister Seeks to Reform Controversial House of Lords
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World October 20, 2024 15:00

london - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer aims to put an end to appointments based on noble birth in the House of Lords, a move that has been a long-standing demand by the Labour party.

Every time Labour comes to power, one of the first measures announced is the reform of the House of Lords. Since the 1960s, the party has sought to end the presence of hereditary peers.

Former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair, even with his significant majority in the late 1990s, could not achieve this. A compromise was reached and 92 hereditary members of the House of Lords were retained.

Current Prime Minister Keir Starmer is trying again. This week, the second phase of a proposal to abolish hereditary peers was passed. However, this is just the beginning of what many believe could be a lengthy process. The consensus is that hereditary peers should be removed, but opinions differ on how that should be done.

The British House of Lords is a diverse group of Lords and Ladies appointed to the British Upper House for various reasons. Following Blair's reforms, there are still 92 hereditary members of the House of Lords. Interestingly, they are the only members of the House of Lords who are elected. When one of them dies or steps down, approximately 750 hereditary British representatives choose someone from among them to replace him.

The House of Lords also includes 25 bishops. Former Education Secretary Gavin Williamson made it clear this week that they too will have to be removed. The bishops, especially Archbishop Justin Welby, have been a thorn in the side of the Conservatives with their 'left-wing' interventions, particularly regarding Rwandan policy. Labour, however, is not yet willing to consider it. They want to reform the House of Lords incrementally.

The rest of the House of Lords, which has slightly over eight hundred members—only the National People's Congress of China has more representatives—mostly consists of politicians or businessmen appointed by the sitting Prime Minister. Anyone who donated over three million pounds (3.6 million euros) to the Conservative party was guaranteed a seat in the House of Lords.

Moreover, there have been scandals, such as the one involving Michelle Mone, known as Baroness Bra, who earned a fortune from lingerie sales and wasted tens of millions of pounds by producing unusable face masks during the coronavirus pandemic. The current government is seeking to recover over 140 million pounds from her.

However, the biggest problem is that no one has a clear idea of what the new House of Lords ultimately should look like. Labour, in its election manifesto, had stated the need for a maximum age limit of 80 years, only to appoint Margaret Beckett (81) and Margaret Hodge (81) to the House of Lords this summer. As a result, the age limit has been dropped.

Moreover, numerous party luminaries like Peter Mandelson (former Secretary of State for Business) and David Blunkett (former Home Secretary) are already pushing back against the proposed reforms.

In the coming weeks, the amendments to the bill will be considered for discussion. It is not unlikely that extensive reforms might be delayed again.

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