Simon Kirby
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Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown) (Con)
1. What recent representations he has received on House of Lords reform.
Nick de Bois (Enfield North) (Con)
2. What recent representations he has received on House of Lords reform.
The Deputy Prime Minister (Mr Nick Clegg)
The Government have received more than 200 representations since the publication of their White Paper and the draft House of Lords Reform Bill was published in May last year.
Simon Kirby
I thank the Deputy Prime Minister for that answer. Can it be right that those who break the law should be permitted to continue making the law? Does he plan in the legislation to introduce parity between the two Houses?
The Deputy Prime Minister
One of the many things that would be included in a package of reform of the other place would be precisely an ironing out of some of those anomalies, so that those who had broken the law, who would not normally be entitled to continue to serve in this House, would not be able to do so in the other, reformed House either.