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I admire him for being honest, personally if a member doesn't attend at least 90 percent of debates I'd sack them. We have more lords than MPs, and many MPs struggle to manage their surgeries. Should have more MPs and less lords.
Or redraw the lines so that one person isn't struggling with one hundred and twenty thousand constituents.