How big would it be?
Answer
The 2012-13 House of Lords Bill proposed capping Lords at 450 members. We believe this should be the absolute maximum size of a House of Citizens.
One option would be to have 325 members, ie one person from every two geographical constituencies of the UK Parliament. This number would change whenever the number of constituencies changes.
Another option would be to use population data produced by the Office of National Statistics to select 450 members in proportion to the number of people living in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the nine regions of England with the composition changing as the population changes.
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