Sentences with phrase «expert second chamber»
«Having acted with perhaps excess enthusiasm in bringing in other senior military figures as advisers, the appointment of a former CGS as a neutral backbench peer would underline our commitment to create an effective and expert second chamber.
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I also allow for «positive» votes for the Commission list, which seems natural given the apparent importance people put on the presence of «experts» in the second chamber.
Of course, these advantages of having «expert» legislators in the second chamber could be achieved by simply having a fixed proportion — say 20 % — of members appointed.
It could represent a compromise between those wishing to create a strong democratic mandate for the second chamber, those wishing to ensure Commons supremacy, and those wishing to maintain a deliberative and «expert» - influenced revising and scrutinising legislative body.
Lord Strathclyde, the former long - serving leader of the Tory peers and former Leader of the House of Lords, was commissioned to lead an expert panel to review the powers of the second chamber.