LETTER IN THE SUN

16 February 2018 The following letter from Lord Faulkner of Worcester was published in The Sun on 16 February in response to its editorial criticising the House of Lords the previous day. "While I strongly disagree with your criticism of the qualities of members of the House of Lords (“Lord help us” 15/2/2018) - amongst them are some of the most distinguished and successful men and women in Britain - I would point out that we all agree about the need to reduce the size of the House, and I hope we can do so well in advance of repairs to Parliament. The House of Lords recently endorsed the recommendations of the Burns Committee to reduce its own size to 600 members – fewer than the House of Commons - and as soon as the Government indicate that they too will support the proposals we will start the process of reducing the numbers in our House."

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