Our MP for Rochford and Southend East, James Duddridge , has revealed that he’d like a completely unelected House of Lords:
“my preferred option ? to have an all appointed House – was rejected by 179 votes.”
Our MP for Rochford and Southend East, James Duddridge , has revealed that he’d like a completely unelected House of Lords:
“my preferred option ? to have an all appointed House – was rejected by 179 votes.”
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“I believe however that we could end up with real ping pong matches…”
Aren’t there ping pong matches already? Is that the whole point of having two houses?
“…Removing appointed peers also means removing a certain level of expertise which has proven to work well in the House of Lords. ”
Personally I would rather have an elected house with a level of expertise than an unelected one.
omnia mutantur nos et mutamur in illis