House of Lords

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Lord Trees is the only vet in the House of Lords and the founder of the Veterinary Policy Research Foundation, which recently estimated that the veterinary industry broadly added £20bn of value to the UK.

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Dozens of hereditary peers are set to lose their seats in the House of Lords, after the passage of a bill that will end a parliamentary role dating back hundreds of years.

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A second, more expensive option involves moving only the House of Lords out of the building while works that could take 61 years and cost £39bn are carried out.

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Tory peer Lord Chadlington is to quit the Conservatives and retire from the House of Lords following a recommendation he be suspended from Parliament for a year.

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Ministers are offering to create more members of the House of Lords than usual later this year, in a compromise that could allow some hereditary peers to keep their seats.

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