Now the cross-bench peer says that the public needs to wake up to the importance of these elections.

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The others are cross-bench peers Lord Hannay (Europe Sub-Committee) and Lord Krebs (Science and Technology Committee).

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With Edinburgh centre De Luca among the replacements, Jim Thompson drops out of the squad, while Alasdair Dickinson has recovered from an abdominal upset to take Geoff Cross's place on the bench.

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