Social Mobility Commission Debate
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Lord Grocott
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Social Mobility Commission
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Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con)
I thank my noble friend for that. I will certainly take that back. I am almost sure that anybody who will be chairing this commission or serving on it will have all that information in front of them and be looking at it in detail.
Lord Grocott (Lab)
In an answer to an earlier question, the Minister referred to the remit and the scope of the work of this body on social mobility. Is there not a glaring problem in this House, where there is a clear restriction on any kind of social mobility? I am referring to the 92 places that are reserved for hereditary Peers. Is there any progress at all towards greater social mobility among this sector, and if not, why not?
Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con)
I have no answer for the noble Lord on that one. The questions I am answering are on a completely different subject.