Charlie Elphicke
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Wednesday 16th May 2018
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(5 years, 11 months ago)
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Chloe Smith
No. We made it clear in our manifesto that reform of the House of Lords was not a priority.
Charlie Elphicke (Dover) (Ind)
Does the Minister agree that the size of the House of Lords now makes it ungainly, that it is politically unbalanced and that it has become democratically very detached? Is not it time that we looked in more general terms at the future of the House of Lords?
Chloe Smith
The key point is that we do expect the House of Lords to do a good job, but we also expect the House of Commons to be prime and to be able to do its job.