House of Lords Should Be Replaced With Elected ‘Modern Second Chamber’: UK Labour Party

Queen Elizabeth II delivers a speech in the House of Lords in the Palace of Westminster during the opening of Parliament in London on May 27, 2015. Alastair Grant/WPA Pool/Getty Images

The House of Lords should be replaced with an elected “modern second chamber,” the UK’s main opposition Labour Party has said.

The House of Lords is the second chamber of the British Parliament. Its main job is to scrutinise and amend parliamentary bills proposed by the House of Commons before they pass into law.