Who wants to be a Lord?

Nominations close today for members of the public to apply to be granted a seat in the House of Lords, the unelected upper chamber of the British parliament.

A special commission will choose eight people from the more than fifteen-hundred names that have already been put forward.

It's part of a continuing process of constitutional reform by the governing Labour Party.

Last year more than six-hundred hereditary peers, who held their seats by birthright, were dismissed: the biggest change to the House of Lords in six centuries.

More reform is to follow, but it's not clear what form it will take.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service