Scottish peers to be elected for reformed Lords

Written by Catherine MacLeod and published in The Scotsman on Tue 4th Apr 2006

More Scottish peers are to be created under government plans to increase the country's representation in a mainly elected House of Lords.

Legislation to create the new second chamber will be pushed through before the next general election and MPs will be given the opportunity to vote on its composition later this year.

But already Lord Falconer of Thoroton, the secretary of state of constitutional affairs and lord chancellor, has signalled that the proposed package of reform will include less representation from London, and more from other places.

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Editorial Comment: Let's get Lords reform right.