REFORM OF HOUSE OF LORDS
Ejection of Members BILL TO BE INTRODUCED Press Association.— London, Dec. 1. The unofficial committee of both Houses of Parliament formed to consider reform of the House of Lords has decided that the Ma.quis of Salisbury should introduce a Bill before the adjournment providing that the House of Lords shall consist of 300 members, of whom 150 shall be elected by the general body of hereditary peers and 150 appointed by some method determined by the House of Commons. The House of Lords cohsists at present of 670 hereditary and 68 other peers, a total of 738; in addition there are 24 peers who are minors.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 424, 2 December 1933, Page 5
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