The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Members are appointed by either the monarch or the House of Lords Appointments Commission. The House of Lords reviews laws passed by the House of Commons and can delay their passage if deemed necessary.
Narrow down the conversation to these participants:
Discussions from these authors are shown:
The house of lords should be fully elected, but it needs to be kept in order to prevent a dictatorship.
Yes, and replaced with a jury duty style system with citizens serving one year on a rota basis with their full normal wage paid by the government, with access to impartial expert advice on a variety of topics.
@96R99WW2yrs2Y
Yes, but establish an upper house of experts, staffed on a rotating basis (like jury duty)
@8W32GW94yrs4Y
No but, Abolish Hereditary peers
@9MZ76TC10mos10MO
No, and it should be unelected. That is the whole point of it. Bishops and aristocrats shoule be removed and seats given to people for outstanding service to science, society and the arts
@9GQ98VG1yr1Y
Yes but Have another chaimber above the gov thats elected so that the goverment cant pass any authoritarian policies
No, but reform the system of political appointees and focus more on appointing life peers for their service/expertise outside of politics
@9FPR9R3 2yrs2Y
Replace it with an indirectly elected senate
No; there should be an appointed second chamber with certain powers of review. It's members should be appointed by the Commons and this process should be transparent and cross-party in nature.
@9BXGGR72yrs2Y
There should be a second chamber but NOT unelected peers
@9BDH43T2yrs2Y
No, but entry requirements need to be reviewed
@96293WX3yrs3Y
Yes and replaced with a council of nations and regions
@953RQKB3yrs3Y
OK but if appointments are made differently.
@942JYCC3yrs3Y
It should be replaced with a democratically elected second chamber
@93RMJDK3yrs3Y
It should be replaced by an electable body
@93FTQB93yrs3Y
Create a sortition-based House of Citizens instead
@92MTQRQ3yrs3Y
The house of lords should be replaced by a wholely elected and reformed second chamber
@92GJ55CLiberal Democrat3yrs3Y
Membership should be massively reduced and election should be done independently of governments. Hererditary peerages should end.
@9243JNN3yrs3Y
No, but allow the public to vote in members like the Parliament
No, but should be replaced by democratically elected non-political/partisan representatives
@8X2BB933yrs3Y
Be reformed not abloished
@8WPPPZL3yrs3Y
It should be made more democratic.
@8WCDX8F3yrs3Y
Yes, and be replaced with an elected chamber
@8W8FY9N3yrs3Y
No but change to elected body
No, it needs reform not removal
@8T89BQ34yrs4Y
No, reform to be an elected body using proportional representation.
@8SPYGZX4yrs4Y
Better to reform it to elected body for commons oversight with pr
@8S6LLVZ4yrs4Y
It should be reformed to be an elected body.
@8S2HPHK4yrs4Y
Should be replaced with an elected second chamber
@8S2GKKC4yrs4Y
They are problematic, but at the same time often act as a sort of safeguard.
@8RSY97MLiberal Democrat4yrs4Y
No reform the House of Lords into a senate. 1 seat per current constituency area. Elected via FPTP. Addition members elected from several specialties / industry groups to allow for informed debates. Reform House of Commons to multi-seat constituency elected via PR-STV
It should be abolished and replaced
@8QLBSQM4yrs4Y
No, however members should be elected persons of expertise within a particular field
No it should be replaced with an elected senate
@8PJ55FP4yrs4Y
No but people should not be given the position hereditarly
@8NQ6JTG4yrs4Y
No, but they should be electable.
No but it should be elected. It is important that a group holds the House of Commons to account.
@8MZ7TVC4yrs4Y
No but democratic reform is necessary to prevent elitism
@8GFDBCZ4yrs4Y
It should be reformed so that it’s made up of experts rather than heritage
No, but they should be elected by the UK public.
@CWH20082yrs2Y
Establish a Senate of the United Kingdom
No, but there needs to be a great deal of reform.
@9926Y4T2yrs2Y
Reform into a Senate with elected officials.
@98BQZWN2yrs2Y
Reform the Lords to be composed of term-limited members appointed by an independent panel including local council representatives and those with experience in the judiciary, policing and business, amongst other areas.
@97ZMKPL2yrs2Y
Yes it should be replaced with a new chamber where it’s members are democratically elected.
@97ZBRP62yrs2Y
Make it democratically elected using the PR voting system and introduce the STV voting system for general elections (to maintain local representation)
@97YT3TT2yrs2Y
Replace it with experts in their fields only as allow them to advise and make tweaks to bills.
@97WD8832yrs2Y
Yes, but as a part of wholesale electoral reform.
@97583FS2yrs2Y
@92QBGPZ3yrs3Y
The House of Lords should be reformed into a proportionately elected chamber and have more power to prevent legislation form being sent for Royal Assent.
@8WG5PCM3yrs3Y
It shouldn’t be abolished, but reformed (hereditary peers shouldn’t be allowed)
@8W3S8KX4yrs4Y
There needs to be more diversity
@8TZGCP24yrs4Y
Dependent upon its ability to become diverse
The political themes of 9.8k users that upvoted this question
Join in on more popular conversations.
