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| Elected senate would replace House of Lords under Labour | Elected senate would replace House of Lords under Labour |
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| Labour would replace the House of Lords with an elected senate if the party won next May's general election, party leader Ed Miliband is to say. | Labour would replace the House of Lords with an elected senate if the party won next May's general election, party leader Ed Miliband is to say. |
| He will tell a conference in Blackpool on Saturday the current system "fails to represent large parts of the UK". | He will tell a conference in Blackpool on Saturday the current system "fails to represent large parts of the UK". |
| Senators would be elected from Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the English regions instead of from constituencies like MPs. | Senators would be elected from Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the English regions instead of from constituencies like MPs. |
| This will give the senate a "clearly defined different role", Labour says. | This will give the senate a "clearly defined different role", Labour says. |
| Mr Miliband is expected to say: "We're going to reverse a century of centralisation and make sure that £30bn of resources is devolved to the city and country regions that need it. | |
| 'Cannot be right' | 'Cannot be right' |
| "Labour has a radical plan for spreading power and prosperity across the great towns, cities regions and nations so that the recovery reaches your town square - not just the Square Mile of the City of London. | "Labour has a radical plan for spreading power and prosperity across the great towns, cities regions and nations so that the recovery reaches your town square - not just the Square Mile of the City of London. |
| "It cannot be right that the North West has almost the same population as London but only a small fraction of London's number of peers. | "It cannot be right that the North West has almost the same population as London but only a small fraction of London's number of peers. |
| "London is our capital and one of the world's great cities but it cannot be right London has more members of the House of Lords than the East Midlands, West Midlands, Wales, Northern Ireland, the North East and Yorkshire and Humber added together. | "London is our capital and one of the world's great cities but it cannot be right London has more members of the House of Lords than the East Midlands, West Midlands, Wales, Northern Ireland, the North East and Yorkshire and Humber added together. |
| "And it cannot be right that those peers who do live outside London are less likely to be from great cities like Birmingham, Liverpool and Bristol than they are to be living in less-populated rural areas. | "And it cannot be right that those peers who do live outside London are less likely to be from great cities like Birmingham, Liverpool and Bristol than they are to be living in less-populated rural areas. |
| "We will make the second chamber of Parliament truly a senate of the regions and nations of our whole country." | "We will make the second chamber of Parliament truly a senate of the regions and nations of our whole country." |
| The announcement is part of a wider effort by Labour to pursue a policy of devolving power from Westminster. | The announcement is part of a wider effort by Labour to pursue a policy of devolving power from Westminster. |
| Mr Miliband has already said he would like a "constitutional convention" after the elections to discuss devolution plans for England. | Mr Miliband has already said he would like a "constitutional convention" after the elections to discuss devolution plans for England. |