Mark Pack

House of Lords reform: the next steps

By | Sat 24th September 2011 - 9:55 am

As I mentioned when blogging Ming Campbell’s speech from Liberal Democrat conference, the motion in favour of Lords reform was passed overwhelmingly.

That in itself was not a surprise, but that does not mean actually securing Lords reform will be easy. Two immediate ways you can support the campaign for House of Lords reform are:

  1. by signing up to the Facebook page Liberal Democrats for Lords Reform, and
  2. by taking part in the official Parliamentary consultation (it only takes a few minutes).

I gave the final speech in the conference debate, which you can watch here:

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