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House of Expertise

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Sir, Reform of the bloated (and expensive) House of Lords is long overdue (letters and reports, Aug 28), but for all its shortcomings the Upper Chamber has a unique advantage: the life peerage system provides it with the expertise in many walks of life that it sorely needs.

Professor Maurice Lessof

London N1