Sentences with phrase «mainly elected house»
«At the last election, all political parties put forward in their manifestos proposals for a partly or mainly elected House of Lords.
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«It was in the last three Conservative manifestos, it's been Conservative policy to have a mainly elected House of Lords since 1999.
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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.
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.
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 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.
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.