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Gordon Brown, On the subject of House of Lords reform, what is your preferred electoral system for the Upper House? Assuming you favour Proportional Representation of some form, do you prefer the Single Transferable Vote or some other system - such as the one currently used for the Scottish Parliament?
Asked by appiusstuartustacitus on Jul 14 2007 12:03:35 PM and supported by 31 members
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TJH123 at Jul 14 2007 12:00:00 AM : Or perhaps he prefers to keep the first past the post system and create a coalition cabinet with unelected Lords, such as Lord Ashdown?

appiusstuartustacitus at Jul 14 2007 12:00:00 AM : He voted "aye" to the 80% option, so he presumably likes the idea of elections for the Upper House.

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