Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said he hoped plans for House of Lords reform would be revived in the next parliament as he formally confirmed the Government had abandoned its proposals for a mainly-elected second chamber.
As Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg formally announced the government's withdrawal of the Lords reform Bill, he said he hoped the process had "inched us forward" towards such a measure in the future.
He told MPs with a smile, "I would like to make a statement on House of Lords reform ... or what's left of it."
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Baroness Hale, 72, has campaigned for greater diversity in the judiciary in a varied career as an academic lawyer, law reformer and judge.