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Part of House of Lords Reform Bill – in the House of Commons at 3:38 pm on 9 July 2012.

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Photo of Jesse Norman Jesse Norman Conservative, Hereford and South Herefordshire 3:38, 9 July 2012

I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for giving way. The Blair Government were defeated four times in the House of Commons and 460 times in the House of Lords. Does the right hon. Gentleman really believe that an elected House of political placemen will do a better job of opposing than does the current House of Lords?