The Green Party’s only member of the House of Lords, Baroness Jenny Jones, has described the announcement of 45 new peers from the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties as “disappointing, but sadly unsurprising”.
Jones called for a House of Lords elected by proportional representation, after the list “roundly ignored” the 1.1 million people who voted Green at this year’s general election.
Jones said:
“It is disappointing, but sadly unsurprising, that this list is populated by the establishment parties who already dominate the upper house, while the 1.1 million people who voted Green at the general election remain roundly ignored.
“Almost everyone recognises the desperate need for reform of the House of Lords, as well as our wider political system. Rather than appointing a list of new Lords, David Cameron ought to be working to make Parliament fit for a 21st century democracy.
“The Green Party wants to see a House of Lords democratically elected by proportional representation, so that it is representative of and accountable to the public.”