Lord Chancellor Lord Irvine has conceded that reform of the Lords is one of the "most difficult issues in politics for more than a century".
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The presentation was hosted and chaired by Lord Broers, Chair of the All-Party Group and Committee of the House of Lords, former President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, and a distinguished electrical engineer.
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Peculiarly, retired Law Lords, Lord Chancellors and senior judges, in addition to the current Lord Chancellor, can also sit on cases.