Lord Howarth of Newport
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(13 years, 5 months ago)
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Lord Strathclyde
That is exactly why I will await the final report of my noble friend: to see whether or not he raises any of those issues.
Lord Howarth of Newport
My Lords, could a working definition of a working Peer be a Member of your Lordships' House who spends a lot of hours in the Chamber very properly scrutinising ill thought-out, badly prepared and excessive legislation such as the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill brought in by this Government?
Lord Strathclyde
My Lords, in many ways, that may well have been a definition of those Peers who worked bravely on behalf of the Opposition in the dark years between 1997 and 2010. However, I indicated in answer to an earlier question that I thought the term “working Peer” was now outdated.