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'Great reform' planned for Lords

Published in ePolitix on Mon 24th Apr 2006

The government is set to introduce a "great reforming bill" on the House of Lords, a cabinet minister has said.

Peter Hain said that MPs could get a chance to vote on reform of the upper house within the next session of parliament.

But the Conservatives rejected the claims, saying there were still "many difficult issues yet to be discussed".

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