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For neurotypical kids, he can be a window into better understanding their peers.

But Conservative peer Brady said planned "extreme redistribution" would "replace our brilliant but brutal meritocracy with the likelihood of a closed shop where survival not aspiration becomes a ceiling".

If the bill passes its first vote later this month, it will receive further scrutiny from MPs and peers, who could choose to amend it.

About 40 peers are scheduled to speak in the House of Lords before any potential amendments are debated.

As well as promising to bring about "immediate modernisation" to the Lords by abolishing hereditary peers, Labour's general election manifesto pledged to introduce a mandatory retirement age of 80 for members of the upper house.