Sentences with phrase «elected upper house by»

The coalition had pledged to bring forward proposals for a wholly or mainly elected upper House by December 2010, but has still not done so.

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We could avoid throwing away all that by adopting the proportional - representation party list system to elect a new upper house.

He did not, as had been expected, go on to become chief whip; and, in 1999, when rehe form of the Lords began, failed by only 15 votes to be included among the 92 hereditary peers elected to continue in the interim half - reformed upper house.

The Tories gave ground by agreeing to hold a referendum on the alternative vote system and agreeing to speed up the creation of a wholly or mainly elected upper house.

But more than this, reformers are left wondering whether the House of Lords will ever become a democratically legitimate body either by way of incremental changes or, as many of us would prefer, a «big bang» event which replaces the upper house with an elected chaHouse of Lords will ever become a democratically legitimate body either by way of incremental changes or, as many of us would prefer, a «big bang» event which replaces the upper house with an elected chahouse with an elected chamber.