mps debate them and they go to the house of lords, and there can be some quite big changes made, with large sections put in or taken out of bills. the commons in the lords have been at loggerheads in recent years, over the brexit legislation, but also in more recent times over the right of public protest. the chamber itself is made up of different groups, so you have nonpolitical peers, people who have been put there because of their expertise in different fields, and then you also have political lords, so those from the conservatives, labour, the lib dems and greens. you then have some hereditary peers and also some religious members as well, so there s a whole mix, all serving in the same chamber, but their role is really to look at legislation. and what is the nature of the criticism around the current system as it is? there have been concerns about the size of the chamber. at the moment, there are 784 peers, so there s concern about how much it costs the taxpayer, but also the idea
in the housing association flat in rochdale where he lived. labour has said it will replace the house of lords with an elected chamber if it wins the next general election. the party s leader, sir keir starmer, wants politicians stripped of the power to appoint people to the chamber, saying conservative leaders have handed peerages to lackeys and donors . earlier i spoke to our political correspondent, charlotte rose, about labour s plans. he wants to get rid of the ability of prime ministers to appoint people to go to the house of lords. to understand what this means, we have to understand what the chamber does, and theirjob is basically to scrutinise and to make changes to legislation, so quite often bills will start at the house of commons, mps debate them and they go to the house of lords, and there can be some quite big changes made, with large sections put in or taken out of bills. the commons in the lords have been at loggerheads in recent years, over the brexit legislation but
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