Nine cabinet ministers urge MPs to vote for elected House of Lords ; POLITICS

From: The Independent - London | Date: March 5, 2007| Author: Ben Russell | Copyright information

Nine cabinet ministers have joined a string of senior Labour figures to urge Labour MPs to vote for a substantially or wholly elected House of Lords.

The group, which also includes former Labour leader Lord Kin- nock, has written to backbenchers urging them to back motions calling for a 50 per cent, 60 per cent, 80 per cent or 100 per cent elected upper chamber when MPs vote on the future shape of the Lords on Wednesday.

The ministers who signed the letter are Douglas Alexander...

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