Sentences with phrase «constitutional reform committee»

The Political and Constitutional Reform Committee, chaired by Labour MP Graham Allen has complained that it has been given inadequate time to scrutinise the legislation that will fix parliamentary terms, cut the number of MPs to 600 and enable a nationwide referendum on the voting system.

In a report, the cross-party Political and Constitutional Reform Committee said that the lobbying bill had been «unnecessarily rushed».

Graham Allen, who was Labour chairman of the Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee in the last parliament, said MPs should be recalled next Monday, if no party wins a majority to discuss the election outcome — including the electoral system.

Following the collapse of Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg's proposals last year, the House of Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee is now considering what small steps can be taken to deal with anomalies such as these (my own evidence to the committee can be seen here).

In 2013 the Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee emphasised that agreeing such a formula was the «most crucial» next step in Lords reform (p. 3).

The Political and Constitutional Reform Committee was set up in 2010 when Nick Clegg's portfolio of constitutional affairs was moved from the Ministry of Justice into the Cabinet Office.

After scrutiny by various parliamentary committees, including the Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee, which I chair, it now seems a final text will be produced shortly.

This proposal was endorsed by the Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee in 2013 (page 15).

The Political and Constitutional Reform Committee, which I chair, has just concluded an inquiry into whether there needs to be more clarity about the Prime Minister's role and powers, and whether the checks and balances on those powers are sufficient.

In response to Stuart Weir's post, and as Chair of the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee of the House of Commons, can I invite those who are commenting or viewing to help actually influence this development by sending my Committee some evidence, it will be most welcome.

Both Douglas Carswell and Zac Goldsmith condemned Government proposals yesterday for the recall of MPs for wrongdoing when they appeared before the Commons's political and constitutional reform committee.

Back in the Commons political and constitutional reform committee, Nick Clegg has just given a new slant on the Lib Dems» decision not to support the proposed parliamentary boundary changes.

This is not an acceptable state of affairs for a modern democracy, and it is why the House of Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee decided to look into why voter engagement in the UK has declined in recent decades, and what can be done to reverse this trend.

A report by MPs in the Commons Political and Constitutional Reform committee, have discussed «modest» rule changes to the House of Lords, but at present, suggests «there may be no compelling reason to alter an historic system of inheritance», due to the fact that «aristocratic titles no longer confer any particular rights, duties or privileges».

It's been many years since I began campaigning for the House of Commons to have a say on whether we went to war or not, so I was delighted that the Cabinet Secretary in a so far unreported statement told the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee this week that he would examine the words needed to put the right of Parliament to be involved in the war - making process into the Cabinet Manual.

The Political and Constitutional Reform Committee (PCRC) has complained that the bill's proposals are seriously flawed as a result of the «rushed way» in which it has been introduced, the «inadequate consultation with those it affects», the neglect of Parliament and absence of pre-legislative scrutiny.

The Political and Constitutional Reform Committee looks forward to the government's support as it pursues its work on making the legislature as effective as possible.

The winning introductory preamble for a written constitution from the competition hosted by the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee.

Click here to find out more about The Political and Constitutional Reform Committee's «A new Magna Carta?»

The Political and Constitutional Reform Committee, which I chair, published its report «A new Magna Carta?»

The incoming majority Conservative government has opted to abolish the House of Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee, which unlike the other commons committees does not exist on a statutory basis.

Part 1 of the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee report is here, and part 2 is here.

As Tony Wright himself observed in a previous evidence session to the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee

On 23 February I gave evidence to the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee for their inquiry into government formation after the election.

Perhaps most importantly, Nick Clegg himself was asked by Tory MP Eleanor Laing, during a hearing of the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee in April:

5.15 pm Communities and Local Government Subject: Codification of the relationship between central and local government Witness (es): Graham Allen MP, Chair of the Policital and Constitutional Reform Committee Location: The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

Graham Allen, now chair of the Commons» political and constitutional reform committee, recalls: «As we know from efforts to recall parliament before the Iraq war (which started this whole bloody story) MPs can not recall parliament, neither can the Speaker.

10:00: Constitutional reform minister Mark Harper, before political and constitutional reform committee, on: Individual Electoral Registration and Electoral Administration

The Political and Constitutional Reform Committee of the UK Parliament published a Select Committee Publications on the «Lessons from the process of Government formation after the 2010 General Election».

MPs on the political and constitutional reform committee are frustrated because the government has provided very limited engagement with them on the proposals.

Graham Allen is Member of Parliament for Nottingham North, and Chair of the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee.

Political and Constitutional Reform Committee launches a report on possible reforms to re-engage British people with politics and elections.

The Commons» political and constitutional reform committee said moves to end a ban on the monarch marrying a Catholic opened up related issues about the Church's links with the head of state.

Douglas Carswell and Zac Goldsmith delivered withering assessments of the coalition's recall proposals, published in a white paper before Christmas, in an appearance before the Commons» political and constitutional reform committee this morning.

Mark Harper gave evidence to the political and constitutional reform committee, as the consultation on the government's proposals to introduce individual voter registration came to a close.

A NOTA option was advocated recently by the Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee, as easily the top choice in its survey of proposals for increasing voter engagement, and has also featured on this site.

Graham Allen, the Labour Chairman of the House of Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee, has led his colleagues through the possible ways of doing so if Parliament and people so wished.

Graham Allen, chair of the political and constitutional reform committee, hasn't been particularly happy with the debate about what exactly happens when the voters return a hung parliament.

is styled a «blueprint» for achieving a written constitution, consisting of three alternative pathways or formats, which may also be regarded as successive stages (Political and Constitutional Reform Committee 2014).

The report is framed such that the unwritten constitutional status quo is clearly disfavoured, arguments in favour of which are given only a little over three pages out of 423 (Political and Constitutional Reform Committee 2014: 24 - 8).

Political and Constitutional Reform Committee (2010a).

Political and Constitutional Reform Committee — role Retrieved from http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/political-and-constitutional-reform-committee/role/, 3 October 2014.

Member of the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee (2014).

Political and Constitutional Reform Committee (2014) Political and Constitutional Reform — Second Report.

Recently the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee ran an open public competition to find who can write the best Preamble — or introductory statement — for a modern Written Constitution for the UK.

in July 2014, on which the Committee is currently carrying out a public consultation (Political and Constitutional Reform Committee 2014).

Graham Allen, chair of the Commons» political and constitutional reform committee, is passionately pro-reform.

Political and Constitutional Reform Committee (2010b).

10:30 - Charles Clarke, Michael Heseltine and John Reid, before political and constitutional reform committee, on: the impact and effectiveness of ministerial reshuffles

09:00 - Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, before political and constitutional reform committee, on: the coalition government's programme of political and constitutional reform