Allowing Prime Ministers to appoint people results in "cash for honours" and stuffing the Lords with cronies -- and that's why we have such a ridiculous number of peers right now. (HOLAC's uselessness is for another thread).
Appointing members from chartered professional bodies and learned societies enshrines existing systematic inequalities.
#UKPolitics #HouseOfLords
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