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Debate between Chris Skidmore and Michael Fabricant
Wednesday 2nd November 2016

(8 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Chris Skidmore Portrait Chris Skidmore
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All appointments to the House of Lords are scrutinised by an independent Committee, and it is right that that process should be followed.

Michael Fabricant Portrait Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con)
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Does my hon. Friend recall the words of Sir Winston Churchill when he said that democracy was not a particularly good system but the best that we had? Does he agree that, until someone comes up with a better idea, the House of Lords is perhaps not that bad?

Chris Skidmore Portrait Chris Skidmore
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As I have said, House of Lords reform is not a priority in this Parliament; nor is it a priority for the general public. We want to establish a consensus with the House of Lords, and it must be for the House of Lords to come up with that consensus.

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