House of Lords Appointments Commission

Lord Campbell-Savours Excerpts

Thursday 21st April 2016 Lords Chamber

[Lord Dholakia (LD)]

My Lords—

[Lord Campbell-Savours (Lab)]

My Lords—

[Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Con)]

My Lords, we have not heard from the Liberal Democrat Benches.

[Baroness Stowell of Beeston]

The hereditary Peers who are Members of this House make an important contribution to our work. Any change relating to their arrival in this House would be part of a much wider package of reform, and that is not something that is currently being explored.

[Lord Campbell-Savours]

If we are replacing to refresh, why not cap the numbers?

[Baroness Stowell of Beeston]

My Lords, many noble Lords, as I said, have left your Lordships’ House. They continue to use the facility of retirement. That opportunity is to be welcomed, and when we refresh we are ensuring that we are effective in what we do.