Hard Brexit Makes Lords Reform A Priority

Change is generally unwelcome in the House of Lords, and when it does happen, it moves slower than cold treacle.I welcome the Burns Report, on how to reduce the size of the second chamber, from about 850 to 600. I say 'about' as it's hard to pin down the exact figure as peers retire or die at random and the government keeps packing more in regardless.But the scope of the report was very narrow, only aiming to find a formula for making the House smaller. It had to ignore the challenge of creating