Sentences with phrase «elected upper chamber»

A number of ministerial aides are reported to have indicated they would rather resign than support legislation for a largely - or wholly - elected upper chamber.

David Cameron is not in favour of a referendum on reforms to the House of Lords, he has said ahead of the release of a report which is likely to call for a mainly elected upper chamber.

The government must come forward with proposals for a properly accountable and fairly elected upper chamber.

A Labour source said Ms Bryan meant that she wanted to replace the Lords with an elected upper chamber.

The prime minister is demanding that Tory MPs support the reform plans to shore up the coalition as Clegg has made clear that introducing a «wholly or mainly elected upper chamber» remains a vital element of the agreement between the two parties.

The letter was released as Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat deputy prime minister, prepared to appeal for unity over proposals for an 80 % - elected upper chamber as he opened a two - day debate on the bill on Monday afternoon.

If Labour had won, its referendum would have included questions on whether to elect MPs by the Alternative Vote (AV) system and whether to introduce a fully elected upper chamber in stages.

The only promise there was to «establish a committee to bring forward proposals for a wholly or mainly elected upper chamber on the basis of proportional representation».

A committee will look into ways of creating a wholly or mainly elected upper chamber on the basis of proportional representation.

Not exact matches

Only a handful of Alberta's elected Senators have actually been appointed to the upper chamber, as the election process exists outside of the Constitution and can be ignored by the federal government.

Former Liberal leaders makes strongest criticism yet of Nick Clegg's bid to make the upper chamber at least 80 % elected by 2025

Zephyr Teachout, who challenged Cuomo in the Democratic primary after the W.F.P. rejected her bid for the third party's nomination, said she never took seriously Cuomo's pledge to elect Democrats to the upper chamber.

How come one Iyiola Omisore got elected into the upper chamber of the National Assembly from behind prison bars while standing trial for complicity in the murder of Uncle Bola Ige, the Cicero, then serving Federal Minister of Justice and Attorney General?

But apparently wanting an upper chamber that isn't composed of elected party - hacks and career politicians makes you a «dinosaur».

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 chamber.

In a move to shore up the position of the beleaguered Liberal Democrats, the cabinet will endorse the deputy prime minister's plans for the upper chamber to be overwhelmingly composed of elected members.