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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Abbie Llewelyn

Lords talking about themselves ‘to destruction’ during hereditary peers debate

Palace of Westminster (John Walton/PA) - (PA Archive)

Members of the House of Lords are talking about themselves “to destruction” amid a proposed law to oust hereditary peers, Parliament has heard.

Labour peer Lord Grocott, who has long campaigned to end birthright membership of the upper chamber, criticised colleagues for the pace of debate on the legislation.

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