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Report moots 80% elected Lords

A parliamentary report today recommended that a reformed House of Lords should be an upper house of 450 members serving for 15-year non-renewable terms, with 80% of members elected and 20% nominated.And a majority of the MPs and peers on the Joint Committee on Lords Reform agreed that a referendum should be held before any change to the second chamber.The committee was split over key elements of reform - with nine of its 26 members voting against an electoral mandate for members of the upper house and eight voting against proposals for a referendum.