Generous interpretation: even if abolishing it is a top priority, it’s going to take years to actually come to fruition. If you’re abolishing it anyway you might as well take the piss and stuff it full of allies to make the last run an easy one; it’s not like it matters if it’s all gone soon.

Less generous interpretation: that priority is going to get pushed right down the list to “some time never”, just like it did the last time…

They may not be able to actually push through Lords reforms without packing the Lords in the first place.

There is a convention that Lords shouldn’t block manifesto promises, but Tories wipe their arses with conventions.