Thursday, November 23, 2006

Lords Reform

'And be it further ordained and enacted by the authority aforesaid, that no Peer of this land, not being elected, qualified and sitting in Parliament as aforesaid, shall claim, have, or make use of any privilege of Parliament, either in relation to his person, quality, or estate, any law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding.'

This is taken from the act which abolished the House of Lords in 1649, charged by our old puritan mate Oliver Cromwell. I didn't realise the Elect The Lords campaign had been going so long. Although he did go that bit further in actually getting rid of the upper chamber. They reconvened in 1660.

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