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The Government has set out its plans for a smaller, reformed House of Lords. 

The proposals are outlined in a draft House of Lords Reform Bill, and in an accompanying white paper also published this week.

The two documents were unveiled by the Deputy Prime Minister in an oral statement to the House of Commons.

The draft Bill illustrates how a reformed House of Lords with 80 per cent of elected members could look, with the remaining 20 per cent appointed independently to sit as cross-benchers.

Alongside this, the White Paper sets out the case for a 100 per cent elected chamber.