Recommendations of The Report
The Commission explicitly did not recommend a wholly or predominantly elected chamber, and also rejected the idea of random selection of members. Instead, the following recommendations were made:
- The membership of the House of Lords should be reduced to around 550.
- A majority of these should be appointed by an independent Honours and Appointments Commission, rather than by the Prime Minister; this would reduce the role of the House as a source of political patronage.
- A minority of members (between 60 and 195) should be elected on a regional basis, through proportional representation. Three different models were proposed, with varying numbers of elected members; under all three models, members were to serve for "three electoral cycles" or 15 years.
- Ministers should be accountable to the House of Lords as well as the House of Commons.
- The few remaining hereditary peers should be removed.
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