Lords Reform.

As a starter, have we decided yet just what we want our second chamber to do? Surely we need to be clear on that before we can begin to discuss how it should be constituted.  And if we want it to be a purely revisionist chamber, then it seems to me that the current House of Lords is doing a pretty good job in that respect.  The main problem is not its composition but its size.  Once you are a member, the only way out is death.  And as, every time there is a change of Government, the new Prime Minister appoints more life peers to try and ensure a majority for his party, the size of the Lords just gets bigger and bigger.  This certainly needs addressing - perhaps we could borrow an idea from Nick Clegg (who??) and instead of appointing Peers for life, appoint them for a 15-year non-repeatable term, set a maximum number and have a "one in, one out" policy, so you can't appoint a new one until there is a vacancy.