Sentences with phrase «elected second»

To «re-invigorate our democracy» reform of the House of Lords would turn it into a wholly or mainly elected second chamber; there would be greater devolution of power to local communities; and greater opportunities would be created for holding public bodies accountable.

Jack Straw the secretary of state for justice and lord chancellor, announced the publication of the long - awaited government white paper on reform of the House of Lords (An Elected Second Chamber: Further Reform of the House of Lords, Cm 7438) on 14 July 2008.

«Iain Duncan Smith sets out and defends the Government's pensions legislation Main Senior Tory peers line up to sound sceptical notes about Nick Clegg's proposals for an elected second chamber»

The Tories said they would «work to build a consensus for a mainly elected second chamber».

At least five cabinet ministers have joined the Tory revolt over House of Lords reform, amid growing fears that proposals for a largely elected second chamber could destroy the coalition.

Nick Clegg will publish a Commons Bill to propose replacing the Lords with an elected second chamber

Conservatives focused their opposition to an elected second chamber on the fear that it could gradually undermine the primacy of the Commons, so creating instability.

Conservative sources were briefing over the past 24 hours that plans for Lords reform had been dropped after the prime minister concluded there was no way of getting an elected second chamber past his backbenchers in a form acceptable to his Liberal Democrat colleagues.

The Liberal Democrat leader will next week publish a Commons Bill which will propose replacing the Lords with a largely elected second chamber — to the fury of many Tory MPs, who describe the move as «legislative vandalism».

It does not envisage a wholly elected second chamber.

Brown is having to navigate between Lord Mandelson, the business secretary, who wants to retain 20 % of the places for appointed peers, and Jack Straw, the justice secretary, who favours a wholly elected second chamber.

Unfortunately for today's swelling ranks of constitutional reformers, this does not mean the Labour mood is finally hardening into a last - ditch resolve to create an elected second chamber before an expected Conservative election victory next year.

The voters» first priority was proportional representation; then came scrapping ID cards and «the database state»; third was an all - elected second chamber.

At a national level reform measures could / should include an elected second chamber, a directly elected post of Prime Minister, and open primaries for all members of Parliament, giving the people the power to apply their own checks and balances to the system as well as allowing individuals to chose their Parliamentary representatives free of party machines.

The prime minister also proposed legislation to introduce a largely elected second chamber, but skirted around plans to make the attorney general independent of the government.

Jeremy Corbyn has signalled that Labour will go into the 2020 election calling for the House of Lords to be abolished and replaced with an elected second chamber.

Responding to the government's references to the likely outcome of the Strathclyde review, Labour reaffirmed its commitment to replacing the House of Lords with an elected second chamber.

Committee members also questioned whether an elected second chamber would be any more accountable than now since their 15 year non-repeatable term meant they were cut off from their electorates as soon as they are elected.

But Clegg confirmed that he and David Cameron were willing to use the Parliament Act to force through the reforms, adding it would be «incomprehensible» if peers chose to disrupt other Lords business, including other bills, to block the introduction of an elected second chamber.

We need PR, elected second chamber, devolution and a willingness to work with others to get there.

But nothing even as safely radical as an elected second chamber made his conference speech.

For a few heady weeks this summer change seemed at least dimly possible, as people raged about reform of the electoral system, of the whip's office, an elected second chamber...

Mark Field MP wrote yesterday that the next Conservative Government should restrict the awarding of any future peerages to those taking up ministerial appointments - or at the very least to stop any retiring MP tainted by the expenses scandal from being ennobled - in advance of creating an elected second chamber.

In answering another question Lord Strathclyde confirmed that «it was in the coalition agreement that, in the event of there being an elected second Chamber, it would be under the system of proportional representation.»

Given that Lords reform has stalled and an elected second chamber is simply not on the cards in the near future, it seems that we should be looking at how we can create, from what we have, a house that commands respect.

Tony Blair came into office in 1997 promising an early abolition of hereditary voting rights as part of a wider reform to move towards an elected second chamber.

Increase diversity in representative politics, with job - shares, a 50/50 Parliament, and replacing the House of Lords with an elected second chamber.

Last year, when David Cameron failed to get his party behind the proposal for a predominantly elected second chamber, it certainly looked that way.

The Tories plan to do the right thing on civil liberties — scrapping ID cards, for example — and to do what Labour did not do on political reform: introduce an elected second chamber.

4 February 2003: MPs fail to agree a final stage of Lords reform, voting to reject five options in turn, ranging from maintaining the status quo to establishing a fully elected second chamber.

An elected second chamber, a more proportional electoral system and that old chestnut, a Bill of Rights and Responsibilities, are all on the table.

There could be a draft Lords reform Bill — Mr Straw favours an 80 per cent elected second chamber — but there wouldn't be time to push it through before the general election.

Nick Clegg should make clear that he still supports a fully elected second house rather than another Conservative - inspired compromise.

We favour a 100 % elected second chamber, and no bishops.

The case for a democratically elected second chamber is unanswerable.

Cameron defended the plan to include an elected second chamber in the Queen's speech despite the cacophony of calls from his own backbenchers to drop the bill: «I wouldn't for a moment say that this is the most important thing the government is doing.

As a joint parliamentary committee unveils its plans for a mainly elected second chamber, a YouGov poll commissioned by Unlock Democracy found that 69 % of voters support a reformed House of Lords.

An elected second house would lead to a form of professional political class like the one we have in the Commons; a class susceptible to cronyism, corruption and stupidity in return for a cabinet post or a vote.

In the campaign for the Labour leadership, David Milliband suggested holding a referendum on both changes to the electoral system and the introduction of an elected second chamber on the same day.

A fully elected second chamber is Nick Clegg's baby — it would be his «moment in history».

Objective — To make an effective elected second chamber, composed of mature experienced individuals with collective experience of all aspects of British life, whose principal task is to improve legislative bills during their passage through parliament into law, and whose secondary task is to scrutinize the actions of the government and act as a watchdog for the rights of the British people, should the Government or lower house appear to act in such a way as to undermine these rights.

Simon Hughes, Lib Dem constitutional affairs spokesman, said: «It would be a serious setback to our democratic credentials as a country if the Commons does not vote this week for a wholly or predominately elected second chamber.

Britain should have a wholly elected second chamber in a radical departure from tradition, MPs voted last night.

That means changing the culture of politics and also the structures, like an elected second chamber, rather than focusing on changing the governing party.

Party funding would be reformed, the House of Lords replaced with an elected second chamber and the prime minister would lose his power to choose the date of the general election.

He made the replacement of the House of Lords with an elected second chamber a policy commitment of his successful 2016 leadership campaign.

Further improvements to «transitional» appointed House; directly elected second chamber; federal second chamber to represent nations and regions

Let's abolish the Lords and set up a 100 % elected second chamber.

By 2017 Labour's policy had changed to a «belief» in an elected second chamber but a commitment only to stopping hereditary peerages and reducing the size of the House of Lords:

I would want to see an elected second chamber that it is representative of all regions and nations of the United Kingdom.