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Paul Walter

Tammy Duckworth and the importance of second chamber reform

By Paul Walter | Wed 11th December 2019 - 9:30 am

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One issue that has not come up during this campaign, but should have, is second chamber reform.

Firstly, may I say that our House of Lords has many, many fine members and does a fantastic job.

But there is a problem. We can’t get rid of it. It fails on the five democratic questions that dear old Tony Benn used to repeat endlessly:

What power have you got?

Where did you get it from?

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