Summary
Proposals to change the House of Lords into a more democratically elected second chamber are outlined in the draft Bill and White Paper, 'House of Lords Reform Draft Bill’ (Cm. 8077).
A cross-party Committee met seven times from June to December 2010 and considered all reform issues related to the House of Lords. Agreement was reached on a large number of issues but differences in opinion remain on the size of the elected element and the type of electoral system. The Government now wants to take the discussion forward to a debate on the detail.
The proposals include:
- retention of the name of the House of Lords for pre-legislative scrutiny process purposes;
- a new member total of 300;
- a single non-renewable membership term, likely to last 15 years; and
- a Single Transferable Vote System (STV)
The House of Commons would remain the primary chamber and the reformed House of Lords would complement it.
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