Time To Get Rid Of This Bunch Of Gravy Train Scroungers.

[gulliver1]

Peers are set to rake in £54.000 a year TAX FREE as their allowances rise to £360 a day (and the House only sits for six and a half hours)  Probably with a two hour lunch break and two one hour coffee breaks . Get rid !

[gulliver1]

This is a 5.5% rise without having to go on strike.

[10ClarionSt]

One while two, with an hour for dinner.

[gulliver1]

£54.000 a year for only having to clock on for 150 Days a year and only having to try and stay awake for 6 and a half hours each of those days. Get rid of these scrounging Bar stewards

[barry1010]

The HoL sits for an average of 6.5 hours, sometimes sessions don't end until 11pm or later, sometimes they sit all night.

Sessions don't start until after 2pm Mondays to Wednesday, so no lunch breaks.

13 % of peers never or rarely attend so get no remuneration at all.

[barry1010]

Some families on the dole rake in that much and more, tax free, without having to get out of bed

[Ken4155]

Have you got details of the percentage of those gravy-train passengers who actually deserve to be on board, Barry? Not the ones who have inherited their peerages, or those who 'bought' their passage, nor those who have sufficiently rs-licked their way there.

[barry1010]

That depends on your definition of those who you think deserve to be on board.  I'm not psychic so you will have to find that information for yourself.  It's all online if you care to look.

[newmodarmy]

All Cons as well, no doubt- Labour peers probably do it for free.

The whole thing needs reform, though. A much smaller elected chamber should be sufficient

[davebro3]

Root and branch reform is needed. Too many MPs, too many peers. 500 MPs & 100 - 200 in an elected upper house should be plenty. 

[naomi24]

//Labour peers probably do it for free.//

 

Course they do.  :o))  

[Ken4155]

Okay, that was a rather facetious question of mine and i didn't really expect you to provide details. However, your second statement demands details to be provided. Where on Earth do you get the idea that anyone in the UK is in receipt of £4.5K per month unemployment benefit? Surely you have a source to back that one up?

 

[THECORBYLOON]

"What are the sitting (meeting) hours of the House of Lords?

The hours of business in the House of Lords Chamber are generally:

Mondays and Tuesdays from 2.30pm

Wednesdays from 3pm

Thursdays from 11am

some Fridays from 10am

The House usually sits until 10-11pm, occasionally much later and sometimes all night."

[ToraToraTora]

What have you done with the real gulliver? For once gully I agree. Abolish the lords and replace with an elected upper chamber. Sadly though it is the retirement home for all parties so neither the TINOs or the LINOs will ever do it but I applaud the sentiment.

[davebro3]

The devolved parliaments seem to manage without an upper chamber!

[ToraToraTora]

...and while we are at it abolish the devolved parliaments, full of trouble making anti British idiots who think they are important.

[barry1010]

Ken, I don't make things up of give half truths like the OP in this thread

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2151202/Im-claiming-50k-benefits-I-dont-need-Shameless-mother-admits-fiddling--says-NEVER-stop.html#:~:text=A%20mother%2Dof%2Dten%20has,bedroom%20detached%20house%20in%20Kent.

[douglas9401]

Aye, these dole sponges, lying abed smoking and watching telly while booking Benidorm breaks.

Sometimes it's like EDDIE51 never left the building.

[gulliver1]

Con peers in HOL 278... Labour peers 174 May as well change the name  to The House of Cons.

[newmodarmy]

^ Why the House of Cons?

Total number of sitting members: 792
(this excludes 34 non sitting memebers)

Of this total, 278 are Cons - ie 35%.

So 65% are not Cons- mainly Labour, Liberals, Crossbenchers and non-affiliated.

[ladybirder]

How about time to change the topic of 99.99999999% of your posts?