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I will make a touch more progress before I take another intervention from the hon.

I certainly did not find it in Basildon and Billericay—or in Romford when I visited it with my hon.

The hon. Member makes an interesting point.

Not again. Currently, Members of the House of Lords are there by birthright or appointed by God, as it were, or the Prime Minister.

What we are discussing today is a policy of the Government.

I will give way again.

My right hon. Friend is making a fantastic point.

My right hon. Friend is making a fantastic point.

The hon. Gentleman has had a nice laugh at my expense, but he knows what it is like to lose an election and to move seats.

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?