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Every now and then the House of Lords does something intelligent to try and make people think that getting rid of them might be a bad idea. Certainly, the presence of a number of law lords who have a better idea of how the criminal justice system works than Home Office ministers like Michael Howard or David Blunkett will be something that will be missed will be gone, though their penchant for discussing schoolboy buggering whenever they get to vote on issues relating to sexuality will be one of those quaint traditions gladly consigned to history's rubbish bin. News has come in that they have defied MPs and voted for sex offense suspects to be given up to the point charges are brought. All well and good, though the Government will ignore them one way or another, Blair not wanting to do anything to spoil his mate Rupert's tabloids fun giving stars trial by newspaper coverage months before their case gets thrown out by the courts. If nothing else, with the Lords soon to be defunct they probably could just wait them out.