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Originally Posted by JoshBB

house of lords literally needs to be abolished

I don't know about abolished Josh but maybe that will in the end be the only way to fully reform it.

I am not really in favour of another elected 2nd chamber, with elections likely taking place halfway through one Parliament and then more problems caused by the 2nd chamber.

The Lords, have on a good few occasions curbed the extremes of some policies from Govts. by delaying the process and sending things back to the Commons to be voted on again.
It has its uses at times but it does need reforming and also to be made far more representative of the Country as a whole.

I actually doubt however that any major Lords reform will happen for a very long time.
It is one of those things that gets talked about a lot but never even gets to the first steps let alone all the way as to the journey of major reform.