House of Lords must be slimmed down as peers aren't worth taxpayers' money

Peers sit in the House of Lords. Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA Wire

I CANNOT but agree with your correspondent Dave Ellis (The Yorkshire Post, February 21) when he says that we don’t need so many peers.

The truth is that a great many are appointed by party leaders in order to sway decisions in their party’s favour.

We need to cut number of House of Lords peers, not increase their allowances - Yorkshire Post lettersIt is also true that many do no work in the Upper House at all, merely turning up to sign in and collect their over generous allowance and then leaving.

The Upper House should be slimmed down by setting an upper age limit as well as having a system of recording attendance at debates with a cut off time for those who fail to put in the

hours.

The history of York as a seat of power as House of Lords move is mootedBy all means let them keep their title, just don’t spend taxpayers’ money on them.

House of Lords must be slimmed down as peers aren't worth taxpayers' money - Yorkshire Post letters