Sentences with phrase «mostly elected second chamber»

Lazy peers will be the first to be ousted from the House of Lords under highly controversial proposals to create a mostly elected second chamber, the Observer has been told.

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Had we pressed ahead with our plans for a mostly or wholly elected Lords there would have been a second chamber election mid-way though this parliamentary term, giving us a chance to put a new Labour agenda to the public and — in the event of a win — prove to ourselves and to the country that we can be election winners again.