upper house

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Lord Bethell, a Conservative health minister during the Covid-19 pandemic, has also announced his intention to leave the upper house.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

The Conservative leader in the Lords, Lord True, said he accepted the government's mandate to end hereditary membership of the upper house.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

Voters also took part in a referendum on the charter and whether to endorse its proposals for prime ministerial term limits, a new upper house of parliament, stronger presidential powers and greater judicial independence.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

These include expanding parliament into a bicameral system, with a new 100‑seat upper house allocated according to each party's share of the national vote.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

Most of them, never having been members of the upper house, have not suffered from the depreciation in the public eye which attends service in the legislative branch.

From Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington by Gilbert, Clinton W. (Clinton Wallace)