House of Lords: Membership

Lord Cormack Excerpts

Tuesday 21st July 2015 Lords Chamber

[Lord Pearson of Rannoch (UKIP)]

My Lords—

[Lord Cormack (Con)]

My Lords—

[Lord Tyler (LD)]

My Lords—

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[Baroness Stowell of Beeston]

But the Bill did not succeed in making its way out of the House of Commons. The manifesto that we stood on at the last election said that we would not seek to introduce comprehensive reform at this time, and it was on that manifesto that we won the general election.

[Lord Cormack (Con)]

My Lords—

[Lord Maginnis of Drumglass (Ind UU)]

My Lords—

[Noble Lords]

Cross Bench!

[Lord Cormack]

The Question came from the Cross Benches.

I am sure we appreciate the thoughtful way in which my noble friend has sought to answer these questions. I have the honour of chairing the group to which the noble Earl referred. We hope to produce a report that the House can consider later in the year. Will the Leader give an assurance that that will be taken seriously into account by the Government if it makes constructive proposals?

[Baroness Stowell of Beeston]

I say to my noble friend and the House as a whole what I have already said: we should take advantage of this period of stability. If proposals come forward that are workable and attract consensus, I am all ears and will listen very carefully to what noble Lords put forward.