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Straw wants Lords reform sorted

Written by Press Association and published in The Guardian on Fri 9th Jun 2006

Reform of the House of Lords needs to be tackled "once and for all" or risk being forgotten for five or 10 years, Commons Leader Jack Straw has said.

He told reporters at Westminster that Prime Minister Tony Blair would not have asked him to take on the task of dealing with the issue if the Premier did not believe it could be resolved.

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