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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-03-20more like thismore than 2024-03-20
answering body
Cabinet Office more like this
answering dept id 53 more like this
answering dept short name Cabinet Office more like this
answering dept sort name Cabinet Office more like this
hansard heading House of Lords: Reform more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing the number of sitting peers in the House of Lords. more like this
tabling member constituency York Outer more like this
tabling member printed
Julian Sturdy remove filter
uin 19612 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-03-28more like thismore than 2024-03-28
answer text <p>The House of Lords has a key role in scrutinising the executive and as a revising chamber. The Government has made no assessment of the merits of reducing the number of sitting peers and notes that unlike the Commons, peers are not full-time salaried legislators. It is important to focus on the number of peers who attend, and not just the number eligible to sit. Existing mechanisms allow sitting peers to retire or resign.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar more like this
answering member printed Alex Burghart more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-03-28T17:26:09.683Zmore like thismore than 2024-03-28T17:26:09.683Z
answering member
4613
label Biography information for Alex Burghart more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Julian Sturdy more like this