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Losing members of the House

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Lord Norton

The size of the House of Lords has been exercising observers and peers for some time.  The membership has grown substantially, or rather the active membership has done so.  The current membership is not that much different to what it was in 1948, but the active membership is something in the order of seven to eight times larger. …

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Sitting in economy

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Baroness Deech

I echo Baroness d’Souza in pointing out that there simply is no more room on the red benches for new peers.  I have just come back on Ryanair from a family law conference in Bratislava; the seating was roomy (an empty seat remained in a row of three) compared with the Lords.  I raced to get…

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