Submitted on Sunday 5th February 2017
Published on Tuesday 14th February 2017
Current status: Closed
Closed: Tuesday 2nd May 2017
Signatures: 11,547
Abolish the House of Lords
They are unelected and cost too much money.
I refer to the information provided by the media.
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The Government responded to this petition on Thursday 16th March 2017
The House of Lords plays an important role in scrutinising and checking legislation and holding the Government to account. Comprehensive reform of the Lords is not a priority in this Parliament.
The House of Lords plays an important role in scrutinising and checking legislation and holding the Government to account.
While comprehensive reform is not a priority in this Parliament, the Government recognised the importance of addressing the size of the House of Lords in its manifesto. In the last Parliament, the House showed it could take forward incremental measures - such as allowing peers to retire and enabling peers to be expelled for non-attendance or serious misconduct. More than 50 peers have retired since the facility was introduced and since 2010, the cost of the House has fallen in real terms.
Where there are measures that can command consensus from across the House, the Government would welcome working with peers to look at how to take them forward.
Cabinet Office
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