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Thursday, July 15, 1999 Published at 16:40 GMT 17:40 UK
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What does the future hold for the Lords ?
The writing is on the wall for hereditary peers in the House of Lords and reform is now a matter of `When ?' rather than 'If'.


The Peers: Nearly all-male, nearly all-white, nearly all-Christian
Composition of the House of Lords


How do other countries manage without Lords ?
Britain is the only country in the western world where political life is influenced by a significant number of people who were not elected but BORN into the job.

Special Report Contents

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Space

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Mars Surveyor probe

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Education League Tables

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El Nino

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ISS

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Northern Ireland

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Whitbread yacht race

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Sport

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Louise Woodward case

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House of Lords

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Unabomber

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