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Blair turns to Cunningham in drive to curb Lords powers

Written by David Hencke and published in The Guardian on Tue 23rd May 2006

Tony Blair will on Monday move to curb the powers of the House of Lords to wreck his government's legislation programme after a series of bitter clashes between the Commons and the unelected house over terrorism laws, ID cards and hunting.

He will announce he is bringing back former cabinet minister Jack Cunningham (now Lord Cunningham of Felling) to head an all-party parliamentary committee to review the house's powers.

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