House of Lords Reform - very, er, 'radical'

The Guardian newspaper has got hold of a leaked Cabinet document on proposals for Refrom of the House of Lords. For those unfamiliar with the question, the problem may be summarised as a universal (or as near as Consti gets) agreement that:

1. something needs to be done, especially about the hereditary peers
2. but the House of Lords does quite a good job, which needs to continue
3. yet without threatening too much the primacy of the Commons

Unfortunately, fulfilling all three propositions does not make for a coherent reform plan. The Government's idea seems to be to abolish the current system whereby the remaining hereditaries are replaced (ironically, by election), so that as the present 92 hereditary peers die then one by one their presence in the Lords will diminish. (Except the Earl Marshal and Lord Great Chamberlain ?). In the circumstances, The Guardian is remarkably restrained over this.