Sentences with phrase «partially elected house»

As a former leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords and one of the SDP gang of four, I told Nick two years ago that I was against a wholly or partially elected house.

1 Wholly elected — a partially elected House is a bad compromise 2 An Independent List (candidates appointed by an independent commission) in addition to the Party lists would meet the need for an independent element in the House, and allow the public to vote to determine the size of it rather than having it predetermined and fixed for all time.

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MP Penny Mordaunt, one of the leading Tory rebels on House of Lords reform, defended their decisive role in killing off the bill for a smaller, partially elected Lords this summer.