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The 1945 deal effectively surrendered the right, regularly exercised 40 years before, against the Liberal governments of Campbell Bannerman and Asquith, to pole-axe any bill peers didn't fancy, at the first opportunity. But, crucially, it still left scope for bills to be amended, even gutted, later in the legislative process - particularly at report stage consideration. (BBC News)