http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/2977/james-ware Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Wed, 03 Jun 2026 07:45:48 -0400 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 07:45:48 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1152/is-the-house-of-lords-dead By James Ware - Yet the ‘Red’ corridor’s surrounding our second chamber, the House of Lords were not on the tour. Given ‘New’ Labour’s landslide number of 419 MPs (out of 659 =2/3) on 43% of votes cast nationwide, all of which committed in their manifesto to reforming the second chamber by removing the voting rights of hereditary peers as a first step. The lack of knowledge on what could be the most far reaching reform of our domestic legislative process is disturbing, if not downright deceptive against the people. In this article 1 seek to explain what the House... Fri, 01 Jan 1999 12:00 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1152/is-the-house-of-lords-dead