Lord Geddes
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Tuesday 21st December 2010
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Noble Lords
Lord Geddes
My Lords, is there not an implication in the style of “working Peer” that those of us who are not deemed to be such are idle?
Lord Strathclyde
That was certainly the view in the 1950s when the term was first introduced. I do not think that it is necessary to use the phrase “working Peer” any more. It is certainly not one that I will use from now on and I shall encourage others not to use it either. I do not think that Peers should encourage being described either as working or non-working Peers.