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From: "Robert Baxter" <>
Subject: RE: The history is long but is coming to an end
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 17:25:31 -0600
In-Reply-To: <1a4001c3b650$4d3f2a50$6501a8c0@PC>


Round pointed out that peerages were never intended to be hereditary in the
first place and that a summons to sit in Lords in one Parliament did not
mean that a summons would be issued for the next. The simplest thing for
Blair to have done was simply have the Queen not issue summonses for the
House of Lords. Then he could start afresh and the Commons would have a
clean slate to work with rewriting the unwritten Constitution.

Regards,

Bob




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