Submitted on Wednesday 18th April 2018
Rejected on Tuesday 24th April 2018
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Abolish the House of Lords; replace with an elected Second House.
Please sign this petition if you agree it is time to replace the House of Lords with an elected Second Chamber.
Despite multiple attempts at reform and regulation, some Peers persist in abusing their position; it is time therefore to replace the House of Lords with an elected body.
The House of Lords is the second chamber of the UK Parliament, after the House of Commons. Its role is to review and amend Bills sent from the Commons, check and challenge the government, and provide independent expertise.
There are 787 sitting Lords including 90 hereditary peers, 26 bishops, with others appointed by the Queen under advisement. Some have undisclosed sources of income eg pension arrangements (some receive over £80k in EU pensions), or substantial EU subsidies for their lands.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/218019
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