Under another set of proposals due to be unveiled in May, the present House of Lords isearmarked for abolition. Its 792 serving members are to be replaced, after a transition period,by a semi-elected house of as few as 300 members. According topress leaks, 80% of its members would be elected by a form of proportional representation ie, a system in which a party that polls a fifth of the votes wins roughly a fifth of the seatsfor single terms of 15 years. The remaining 20% would be appointed, in an awkward trade-off between democracy and the expertise brought to Lords debates by retired military chiefs,judges, scientists and other grandees who may be unwilling to run for party-political office.The 92 remaining hereditary peers would be ejected from Parliament, as would most of the 25 Anglican bishops and archbishops who sit in todays House of Lords.

　　在其他将于5月揭晓的一系列提案中，当前的上议院又被打上了待废止的标签。792名议员将在过渡期后被300人左右半选举产生的议院代替。据媒体透露，80%的成员由比例代表制选举产生，该体系下得到五分之一投票的政党得到五分之一的席位，每轮任期15年。剩下的20%通过任命确定，在对民主和专家艰难权衡后，上议院的议会辩论将加入退休的军长、法官、科学家和其他无意加入任何党派的显贵要人。目前的92位世袭贵族将被挤出议会，25位圣公会的大主教和主教中大部分也是一样。

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