Peers Are Claiming Without Contributing To Our Democracy

The past two years have not been good for the House of Lords.Despite legislation to expel those who commit crimes or fail to attend, there are still those who do very little yet continue to collect large pay cheques.New appointments based on patronage continue, swelling the already supersized chamber. The upper house is being treated by some as a retirement home or private members' club. This is no fit state for the Mother of all Parliaments.At the end of 2015 we conducted an audit of the House