Clause 32 — Resignation from the House of Lords

Part of Ambulance Response Times (Local Reporting) – in the House of Commons at 8:45 pm on 26 January 2010.

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Photo of David Howarth David Howarth Shadow Secretary of State for Justice 8:45, 26 January 2010

Well, "young" is a relative term. The average age in the House of Lords is 68.

We do not want the House of Lords to be full of people who have an eye to a future political career at very high level. It is a virtue of the present House of Lords, which I wish to preserve in any future reforms, that it consists of people of moderate, rather than overwhelming, political ambition-