Scottish Greens move to ban Lords from Holyrood
Members of the House of Lords seated ahead of the State Opening of Parliament in chamber of the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster, July 17, 2024
THE Scottish Greens have called for serving members of the House of Lords to be banned from election to Holyrood.
Serving peers are already disqualified from voting in elections and from sitting in the House of Commons, but not from being elected to the Scottish Parliament.
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