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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Nigel Nelson

House of Lords 'could be cut from 775 to 300' if it was moved to the North

The House of Lords could be cut from 775 members to 300 if was relocated in the north of England, says an independent peer.

John Mann, for 18 years Bassetlaw’s Labour MP, said: “All the peers who are just using it as their London dining club would stand down.

“And if you’re in your eighties you’re not really going to want to traipse all the way up north.”

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