Generate text that refutes this claim: The House of Lords is out of touch with the electorate.  The 19th century US President Abraham Lincoln stated that democracy should be ‘Government of the people, by the people, for the people’ [1] Therefore peers who sit in the house based on noble birth right or their membership of the Church of England, that is itself largely ignored by the people, do not represent the people of Britain.  [1] A' Short Definition of Democracy’, Democracy-building.info, 2005, viewed on 1 June 2011
government voting house believes house lords should be reformed
The House of Lords may not be representative of the British population but instead they represent an array of educated experts who can give informed advice on Government policy.