Interim Report: Leader's Group on Members Leaving the House

Lord Cobbold Excerpts

Tuesday 16th November 2010 Lords Chamber

[Lord Cobbold]

My Lords, may I intervene in the gap? I apologise for not being here at the beginning of this debate but, having listened to the very able contributions from all sides, I wanted to stress my strong belief that a fixed period of service is the best way to move forward and that a figure of 20 years is probably right, although it could be less—perhaps 15. That idea is better than the limit by age.