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<p>In December the House of Lords passed a motion that its size ought to be reduced.
The Bishop of Birmingham, who is Convenor of the Lords Spiritual, supported that motion
and has since made a submission to the Committee set up by the Lord Speaker to look
at options for reducing the size. Its report is awaited.</p><p>For many years now
the public responses of the Church to proposals for Lords reform have highlighted
the problem of the Second Chamber being too large and have called for action to address
it.</p>
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