The staff plan also made clear that the study was to focus not just on the selection method of the at-large board seats but also on whether such members were needed at all.

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But the larger question is: has the mediocre quality of the candidates, the public boredom with their debates and the unexciting, not to say confusing, method of selection set the Conservatives back rather than forward on the road to recovery?

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The Liaison Committee's backing for a new method of selection to ensure that whips do not interfere in such appointments in future has received wide support.

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But this, or some other more transparent and accountable method of selection, will have to be considered as the Law Lords' profile becomes higher.

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The lack of performance persistence in actively managed funds makes this a poor method of selection.

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