A. No; the average attendance of Peers in the House of Lords is about twenty.
Q. Have the Peers no other duties?
A. Yes, they have to provide the chief officers of the Royal Household, as only Peers and Peeresses can perform such exalted functions.
Q. Do they fill those offices gratuitously?
A. No, they are handsomely paid, some of them receiving as much as £2,000 a year.
Q. Have they any other duty?
A. No, that is the whole duty of a Peer.
Issued by The People’s League for the Abolition of the Hereditary Chamber.
The Drunkard’s Catechism.