Original sentence: In September 2015, Jeremy Corbyn appointed Watson as the Labour spokesman on education in the Lords.It was not possible for a life peer to resign from the House of Lords at that time and there was no provision for peers convicted of criminal offences to be stripped of their titles.On 15 November 2004, Lord Watson was charged with two counts of "wilful fire raising" after a private reception at Edinburgh's Prestonfield Hotel following the Scottish Politician of the Year awards on 12 November
Edited sentence: However, it is not possible for a life peer to resign from the House of Lords, which has led to calls for legislation to enable those peers convicted of criminal offences to be stripped of their titles.In September 2015 Jeremy Corbyn controversially appointed Watson as the Labour spokesman on education in the Lords.On 15 November 2004, Lord Watson was charged with two counts of "wilful fire-raising" after a private reception at Edinburgh's Prestonfield Hotel following the Scottish Politician of the Year awards on 12 November