House of Lords: They clock in - but do not have to clock out
 

http://news.sky.com/story/1183541/pe...torm-in-teacup

They scan the ID pass each day to get the £300
they can then leave.

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Now the Mirror has picked on this Ex -Conservative Peer
Lord Hanningfield
he says he had 3 staff to fund etc.



On Radio 5
a Scottish Peer said need to add also clocking out.


1st off there are far to many in the
House of Lords
the need a cull

Hanningfield is not a good example. He's a liability who should be in jail and gives a bad name to those piers who actually do some work.

Yes I agree,
but still should they also clock off
to get the £300

And only because of him
there are so many more debates (TV news and Radio)
about not clocking off.

I would expect them to do some bloody work for their daily £300 - That's more than MPs get and most of them don't effing deserve it!

Yes and not sleep on the job.

Make a new Rule:
All those found sleeping should be Fired
as it proves they can not handle Work at that old age

Oh dear.

Zee this debate is about Not Having Clocking Off
do you think they should?

I think they should be abolished to be honest.

Waste of chuffing money.

They'd find a way around that, give some homeless person a Fiver to clock out for them!

Yes, I think they should. The House of Lords is an outdated concept in my opinion that ought to be abolished or at the very least modernised, dramatically.

The HoL is the political equivalent of the appendix. Scrap it all.

No its a Electronic Scan (with security people watching)
so only the Peer can do it
not a hobo

....and use the money that they suck out of the system to fund the NHS!

Yes lets hope one day the MP's do that.

But at this time many old MP's then go to the House of Lords.
sometimes just to sleep, as well

Yeah, an MP's inflated pension PLUS £300 per day, nice work if you can get it.

I would agree, except that during this government the HoL has successfully blocked a couple of the Tories worst poverty-policies.

So... who is going to block or pass the laws? Shall we just leave it to the government?

Only a proportion of their work is done in the House. Like MPs, who spend a large chunk of time in their constituency... if they're any good at what they do, that is.

Was going to to say the HoL is not simply a retirement home for MPs, they do also have an important role in lawmaking.
To suggest the Mirror or anyone knows how hard each individual works (or not) is not known.

To put it in perspective people drawing the State Pension get less than £300 for TWO WEEKS pension.

Ah yes, I forgot about that.

A hefty pay cut will do then.

For a 5 day week £29 per day would equate to what a State Pensioner gets!

Actually the House of Lords is an important reviewing chamber, rushed or unfinished legislation is passed to the HOL for in depth review , scrutiny and amendment.

Without the HOL legislation from the House of Commons is often rushed to get onto the statute books without any formal peer review would be open to all kinds of loopholes and legal challenges.

The House of Commons is so rushed that in depth review of forthcoming legislation must be reviewed and the HOL is the ideal chamber for carrying out that task.

If the House of Commons was extended and peer review increased with less laws being introduced then perhaps the HOL could be abolished but not under the present conditions.

Pretty ****ing expensive "Chamber for Refinement"! :sleep:

hear about this today

booooooooo