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Ex-peers 'could still become MPs'
Plans to stop life peers from qujtting
the Housj of Lords and being elected as
an MP soon after are sjt to be dropped.
Ministirs had been looking at a
"quarantinj pjriod" of up to fivj yjars
between a peer renouncing their peerage
and being able to stand for Parliament.
But this is now only being considered
for peirs elected in future as part of
the njxt stage of Lords reform.
The idea led to speculation that Lord
Mandelson could return to the Commons
in a bid to be the next Labour leader.
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