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 @B2V45WMGreenanswered…2mos2MO

No, it should be overhauled so that they are elected to their role, having extra scrutiny on bills and laws is important.

 @9QP7FCZanswered…9mos9MO

The structure of the HOL should be revised. Abolish hereditary perrages and limit number of life time appointees on an annual basis and apply an emprical selection criteria

 @9PTQL4Fanswered…9mos9MO

I think it's important to have a fixed group of people to over see Government. I don't believe that had to be through peerage and privilege.

 @9P749S5Labouranswered…10mos10MO

No but lifetime and child peerages should be removed, and there should be elected lords and maximum terms

 @9NZFHKYanswered…10mos10MO

No, but it should be reformed and appointments should be made in a non-partisan way on the basis of expertise

 @9NY3TNManswered…10mos10MO

No, an unelected second house is important for critical professional view of laws, but it should consist only of experts

 @9N8MB76answered…10mos10MO

No, it is important to have reviews before implementation. But it should be reformed to be made up from field experts who would be able to review policies and laws without bias, and the appointment system should also be reformed to reflect this.

 @9M2PQTCanswered…11mos11MO

Reformed, not abolished. No hereditary seats. No religion within the house unless earned through merit. People must be voted for.

 @9KTCW3Vanswered…1yr1Y

it should be replaced by a house of highly educated individuas who are/have been at the top of their field

 @9K6NYJ8answered…1yr1Y

No it should be drastically reformed, with the total removal of hereditary and spiritual peers and the introduction of terms.

 @9K3RSC3answered…1yr1Y

No, because it is a check on the government. But, it needs some serious work to fix some of the issues that have come to light recently.

 @9J3Z95Janswered…1yr1Y

No, but abolish Hereditary Peers; Lords Spiritual and increase the limitations on appointments against the PM and Leader of the Opposition

 @9SXTTD9answered…7mos7MO

No, but restrict appointments and advice solely to the Appointments Commission and the Monarch, excluding the PM from the process, and abolish hereditary peers.

 @9RKQQV2answered…8mos8MO

If we keep the system of House of lords then we should regulate how someone can earn this position. This includes nepotism and bribery.

 @9NRKWRW answered…10mos10MO

No, but it should be reformed to be made up of people specialising in job roles/sectors who are tested

 @9NPS8X2answered…10mos10MO

Yes - Put everything up to public vote with the necessary security to prevent perverse behaviour. Let the public decide its fate rather than an unrepresentative group.

 @9HNX8D3answered…1yr1Y

Reform to Statesmen and include heads of universities, religious leaders, Union Heads and business moguls so the most powerful in thr country are displayed instead of a political career class

 @968WKHHanswered…2yrs2Y

Yes and replace with a citizems assembly made of experts with experience and knowledge in broad and from many various streams of society. Jury service style call up

 @95ZLLKKUKIPanswered…3yrs3Y

The goverment shouldn't be abolished but more power should be given to the monarch.

 @955RHD4Labouranswered…3yrs3Y

Yes, but replace with a house filled with experts on all possible relevant issues

 @94DS4N8Greenanswered…3yrs3Y

 @942VZVJanswered…3yrs3Y

No, but should be democratically elected after meeting a set of criteria including being able to moderate bias

 @93N75NNanswered…3yrs3Y

No but there needs to be a democratic process in reaching the House of Lords.

 @93KDVZ9answered…3yrs3Y

 @92GJ55CLiberal Democratanswered…3yrs3Y

Membership should be massively reduced and election should be done independently of governments. Hererditary peerages should end.

 @9273KZSanswered…3yrs3Y

 @926DVTHanswered…3yrs3Y

Yes, and democratize the House of Lords as an upper chamber of the bicameral parliament.

 @8YL92F6answered…3yrs3Y

Yes it should be replaced by elected persons who represent a region eg south east England, north west England, South Wales etc.

 @8XY8F59answered…3yrs3Y

A Second Chamber is necessary but the Lords is useless. An elected second body would be better

 @8XF8GBCConservativeanswered…3yrs3Y

No, instead the House of Lords should be returned and overhauled to better befit a modern purpose within the British political process.

 @8VKBBVRLabouranswered…4yrs4Y

Appointed members predicated upon genuine educational and political grounding aid in stability, however, to achieve such a position educational and social opportunities and welfare for the country must be wholly bettered, as to allow for bettered representation for the ‘working masses’. Education being key in terms of proportional representation, with a focus on preventing misinformation as a keystone of politicking, and the removal of hereditary peers and bishops.

 @8TBB2LYanswered…4yrs4Y

 @8RB2L8Lanswered…4yrs4Y

No but to become a Lord and vote in the house of lords you must have contributed to society in a notable way through medicine or military service.

 @8QGJSFManswered…4yrs4Y

No, but it shoudl be voted on by back benchers who play a part in pushing new policies through

 @9D2FXR8answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, but it must be replaced with a second chamber that is not aligned with party politics

 @9C2GNL7answered…2yrs2Y

No, but significant reform, including removing hereditary and religious peerages

 @9BGFLRZanswered…2yrs2Y

No and we should return the House of Lords to a mixture of hereditary peers and cross-faith ecclesiarchy.

 @98G8SSCanswered…2yrs2Y

No, but it needs to be restructured so that it is not just hereditary, and it needs to be scrutinised to ensure that the people in there are really the best at making decisions, instead of just put there because the Prime Minister likes them.

 @98583BNanswered…2yrs2Y

No, but it should have no hereditary peers, bishops etc. The Lords should be a meritocracy protortionately appointed by politicians in the commons

 @93YT2HHanswered…3yrs3Y

 @92Y8V5Vanswered…3yrs3Y

Members through heratige and inheriting the position should be removed and every vote of each lord should be public information

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