Submitted on Tuesday 8th September 2015
Rejected on Friday 11th September 2015
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Cut the number of peers in the House of Lords
ERS research has shown that £1,262,670 was claimed last year by peers who did not speak.
This comes at a time when David Cameron says 45 new peers will be added to the house.
The number of peers in the Upper House must be dramatically cut or abolished altogether.
The Electoral Reform Society (ERS) also found research that 30 silent peers had claimed more than £750,000 between them from 2010 to 2015 without ever speaking once over that five-year period.
Furthermore, many more peers have claimed £10,000s of tax payers but have only voted fewer than 5 times on crucial legislation.
The Upper house is a failed system where over 800 peers can claim £300 per day simply for sitting in the chamber.
In conclusion, a huge waste of tax-payers money!
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