Make a straightforward way for the public to remove a Lord of the House of Lords

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

Since the public cannot elect members of the House of Lords, at the very least they should have a means to remove Lords that are an affront to the public.

Only the House of Lords can suspend or remove a Lord from the revising House, and this is clearly unacceptable in a transparent democracy.

There are numerous petitions on websites to have members of the House of Lords removed from their appointment.

Yet none of them has any power at all, and none of them will achieve the removal of a member of the House of Lords whose behaviour is reprehensible to the electorate.

This is a glaring injustice in our system of Government and must be corrected.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the UK Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We're not sure what you mean by "Make a straightforward way for the public to remove a Lord of the House of Lords".

You could start a new petition calling on the Government to replace the House of Lords with an elected chamber if that's something you would like to see happen.

Timeline

29 Oct 2018	Petition opened for signatures
13 Nov 2018	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17

Status Rejected

Rejected 13 Nov 2018

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