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  House of Lords Reform
  
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  The majority of Lords voted in favour of a motion moved By Lord Steel of Aikwood which said:
  
  <blockquote>That this House calls on Her Majesty's Government, notwithstanding their proposals for Lords reform whose legislative timetable is unclear, to table Motions before the Summer Recess enabling the House to approve or disapprove-</blockquote>
  
  <blockquote>(a) a scheme to enable Members of the House to retire,</blockquote>
  
  <blockquote>(b) the abolition of by-elections for hereditary Peers,</blockquote>
  
  <blockquote>(c) the removal of Members convicted of serious criminal offices,</blockquote>
  
  <blockquote>(d) the creation of a statutory appointments commission.</blockquote>
  
  
  
  
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