Despite planning to abolish the higher chamber, the Labour chief needs to flood it with greater than 100 new friends if he wins the overall election.

Sir Keir instructed it may embrace his predecessors when requested if he wished to get them “off the subs bench”.

And he stated “of course” he needs to carry again some Labour large beasts to serve in his authorities.

Sir Keir stated: “There is a mismatch at the moment, we’ve got far less peers than the Conservatives and obviously we’ve got to get the business of government through, but this is not some developed plan, I’ve not discussed it with anyone.”

Asked if he wished to inform Sir Tony and Mr Brown to “get in the house of Lords, do your bit,” Sir Keir replied: “What I do want to do is take advice from people who know what they’re talking about.

“What I’m trying to do is get the Labour party from a terrible election defeat in 2019, what will be 13 or 14 years in opposition, into government.

“So, do I want to talk to Tony Blair and to Gordon Brown, who were the last leaders that achieved that switch from opposition into government for a Labour party? Of course I do.”

“Not actually about the substance of particular policies, but more about the framework, the approach, pace.

“So much has changed in 25 years that a policy discussion wouldn’t be the right one, but it is about understanding how does a party go from years in opposition into power, hopefully and into government.”

Labour stated it's planning to introduce “interim reforms” earlier than changing the Lords with a brand new elected chamber in a primary time period.

A spokesman stated: “Every government when they first come into power do not have a majority within the House of Lords because of the nature of the appointments process.

“And every government as a matter of custom and practice looks to make appointments to the House of Lords but it’s not something that’s done in one fell swoop, it’s something that takes time and often takes more than a term in government for that to happen.”

He stated new Labour friends can be anticipated to again abolition, with the total particulars of the coverage to be set out forward of the subsequent normal election.

There are at present 779 members within the Lords, with 263 Tory members and 174 Labour.

Sir Keir’s spokesman instructed reforms may happen earlier than full abolition, corresponding to eliminating by-elections for the remaining hereditary friends.

He stated: “There may be interim reforms along the way, I’m not ruling that out.”