This is why it would be a bad idea for the labour gov to change the house of lords. The idea of abolishing hereditary peers sounds good (get rid of the toffs born into it - class war, hurray!) but in practice it will remove those Lords who couldn't give a monkeys what the government thinks of them and who are not afraid to tell them where to stick their daft ideas.

Paris because she has more of a clue about security and tech than the gov.