Lords debates size of the House report
20 December 2017
Members of the Lords, including the leaders of the three main parties and the convenor of the Crossbench peers, debated the report of the Lord Speaker’s committee on the size of the House on Tuesday 19 December.
- Catch up on Parliament TV (part one)
- Catch up on Parliament TV (part two)
- Catch up on Parliament TV (part three)
- Read the transcript in Lords Hansard (part one)
- Read the transcript in Lords Hansard (part two)
- Read the transcript in Lords Hansard (part three)
- Lords Library note: Statistics on the Size and Composition of the House of Lords: December 2017
- Report: Lord Speaker’s committee on the size of the House
Reflecting the interest members have in this topic and surrounding issues, over 95 members of the Lords signed up to speak. Their backgrounds highlight the breadth of experience of members.
The debate was proposed by Lord Burns (Crossbench), chair of the Lord Speaker's committee on the size of the House.
Members who took part included the main party leaders in the Lords and the Crossbench convenor:
- Baroness Evans of Bowes Park (Conservative), Leader of the House of Lords
- Lord Hope of Craighead (Crossbench), convenor of the Crossbench peers
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