Sentences with phrase «peer elected»

The majority of the 600 members are now appointed life peers, with 90 hereditary peers elected by their fellow peers, and 14 hereditaries who have been made life peers.
He said a 15 year timetable has been set out for the reform, with peers elected for 15 year terms introduced in three tranches, so there was no need to rush into decisions on Lords powers.
b) Reform of the House of Lords: a fully elected chamber with peers elected on a different constituency basis and electoral cycle to MPs.
While in coalition, the Liberal Democrats tried to push through a House of Lords reform that would have seen 80 % of peers elected and the total number of members halved to 450.
Clegg told MPs: «It is essential that we make a start by having the first 120 elected peers elected in 2015.
Peers elected former Crossbencher Baroness D'Souza to replace her.
He did not, as had been expected, go on to become chief whip; and, in 1999, when rehe form of the Lords began, failed by only 15 votes to be included among the 92 hereditary peers elected to continue in the interim half - reformed upper house.
Labour's Toby Perkins asks what's democratic about having peers elected for 15 years, knowing that they don't have to appeal to the electorate.
Some of the House Democrats in charge of getting their peers elected were completely unaware of an ongoing special election in South Carolina when asked by a reporter.
His peers elected Jim Chair of the Council of Division Presidents for the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT).
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