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Nicholas Cecil

Outgoing Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford slams House of Lords: 'I don't want to become a peer'

Mark Drakeford would not accept a seat in the House of Lords if asked, the outgoing First Minister of Wales has said.

The Welsh Labour leader criticised the unelected Upper House of Parliament as a "democratic anachronism" when asked if he would accept a peerage in order to swell Labour's numbers in the chamber.

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