They will be considered in the Commons this week – and would have the effect of undermining the Prime Minister’s negotiation.
Even more than party disagreements over what should replace it, the idea of a very powerful second chamber is out of constitutional fashion.
And May’s reputation for straightforwardness risks damage from the Budget’s proposals for NICs.
It is clear that some peers are not so much focused on Parliamentary sovereignty as on finding a backdoor way to thwart and reverse the referendum result.
Plus: The wit of Malcolm Rifkind. I switch energy provider. An improvement by Donald Trump (up to a point). And: women MPs on my mind.
What took place yesterday looks less like peers hunkering down for a fight than preparing, after a show of defiance, to run up the white flag.
The by-election winner becomes the first Conservative to represent the area since 1935.
The correct response to its aftermath and to Blair’s speech is not to refight old battles, but to build a positive relationship with the Union from the outside.
As a party known for strong economic management, we must work doubly hard to avoid appearing to know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Plus: Sarah Palin to Canada, the Brexit Bill to the Lords, and Clive Lewis to the backbenches. And: when sorry isn’t the hardest word.
Most of the latter are used to trying to stop rebellions, not start them.
Some of the distress of those in question has been caused by diehard Remainers, who are stirring up as much alarm as possible about Brexit regardless of the human cost.
It is intended to create a means by which peers and MPs can seek to hold up leaving the EU.