<Li> The reformed House of Lords should have 450 members . </Li> <Li> Party groupings, including the Crossbenchers, should choose which of their members are retained in the transition period, with the percentage of members allotted to each group based on their share of the peers with high attendance during a given period . </Li> <Li> Up to 12 Lords Spiritual should be retained in a reformed House of Lords . </Li> <P> Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg introduced the House of Lords Reform Bill 2012 on 27 June 2012 which built on proposals published on 17 May 2011 . However, this Bill was abandoned by the Government on 6 August 2012 following opposition from within the Conservative Party . </P>

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