Submitted on Sunday 2nd August 2020
Rejected on Thursday 24th September 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: honours (see below for details)
Recall Parliament to consider the merits of the recent nominations to the Lords.
Many people have been outraged by the number and characteristics of the list of new peers announced on Friday 31 July 2020. Consideration by Parliament is the only viable democratic response, but won't be possible if Parliament is not recalled.
1 The enlargement goes against previous well supported commitments to reduce the size of the Lords. The speaker of the House of Lords opposes this increase.
2 Parliament should scrutinise the merits of some of the nominations, e.g. Claire Fox who has defended IRA bombings and child porn use, Brexit supporters etc.
3 The list has been announced within the first few days of the summer recess when neither house is sitting, and the government cannot be challenged in Parliament.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can't accept petitions about nominations to the House of Lords.
We could accept a petition calling for the Government to review or reform how Members are appointed to the House of Lords, and you may be interested in the following petitions:
Hold a Referendum on Abolishing the House Of Lords: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/332973
Reform House of Lords so 50% of members are key workers selected by ballot: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/323450
Reform the House of Lords. Use the Canadian Senate Model: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/334212
Reform the House of Lords because its membership is chosen undemocratically: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/333831
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