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a senior conservative a colleague has called Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to grant reform uk A voice in the House of Lords.
This appeal comes after Reform UK leader Nigel Farage Wrote to Sir Keir in August, Requesting Lifetime Companions for Your Party,
Lord True, Conservative leader in the House of Lords, told daily telegraph Reform’s success in winning Commons seats meant that their “ideas should also be heard in the upper house”.
He said, “The beauty of this house is its complete freedom, so anybody here wants to make an amendment, that amendment must be heard.”
“To have someone from the party represented in the House of Commons take a detailed part in the examination and put forward that party’s view is, I think, a sensible principle.”
The Tory leader said he had also called for more Labor peers in the House of Lords under Conservative prime ministers Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss.
“Every party needs freshness in the House, especially in a House where the average age is 70 years,” he said.
“You have to have new people coming.”
In its letter to the Prime Minister, it was first reported many times In August, Mr Faraz said his party wanted to see his colleagues appointed to the upper house “as soon as possible”.
“My party received more than 4.1 million votes in the general elections in July 2024. We have since won a large number of seats in local government, led in national opinion polls for several months and won the only by-election for this parliament,” he said.
Former Conservative life partner Malcolm Offord Announces his defection to Reform UK In December.
During a speech, Lord Offord confirmed that he would be leaving his place in the House of Lords as he prepares to stand in the Scottish Parliament elections in May.
While the Prime Minister has Full discretion over Lords appointments And while it is not required by law to give seats to opposition figures, it is not unusual for leaders to invite nominations from other parties.
In December, Sir Keir 25 new labor partners were createdWhile Liberal Democrats got five seats and Conservatives got three seats.
Other smaller parties in the upper house include the DUP with six seats, the UUP with three and the Green Party and plaid Cymru with two seats each.