Sentences with phrase «reformed second chamber»

The House of Lords Bill arguably represents the most significant development in terms of House of Lords reform since March 2007, when both Parliamentary houses voted on their preferred option for the composition of a reformed second chamber.

Composition The 2008 white paper puts forward only two options for the composition of a fully reformed second chamber: fully elected or 80 % elected.

This paper followed the parliamentary votes in March 2007 on the future composition of a fully reformed second chamber, which had been triggered by an earlier white paper (The House of Lords: Reform Cm 7027).

There are, on the other hand, well - established Tory arguments for a reformed second chamber that would provide a more effective check on the legislative ambitions of a House of Commons dominated by the executive.

Concerns about the Commons» ongoing primacy will be directly addressed in clear language in the final bill, which will no longer rely purely on existing Parliament Acts to ensure the reformed second chamber can not challenge MPs» authority.

Over the next few weeks Nick Clegg's dream of a reformed second chamber faces its first major test.

But rebels rejected any amendments to the bill which fell short of removing Clegg's plans to elect a proportion of members of the reformed second chamber.

Lord Strathclyde, the Conservative leader of the Lords, ostensibly supported the measure in a tongue - in - cheek interview in the Financial Times, but then stoked the rebellion by saying a reformed second chamber would be expensive, possess greater power and, if it had existed in the 1980s, would have blocked Thatcherite privatisation.

Big change will continue to be debated — some hope a reformed second chamber would help to unite the increasingly fragmented UK.

I will be leading calls to reform the second chamber from now on.

Therefore the Conservative Party needs to find a way out of the dilemma it faces over House of Lords reform, and push forward a system which reforms the second chamber but retains the merits of the current House of Lords.

The Commons will vote on a series of options for reforming the second chamber, ranging from wholly appointed to wholly elected.

But read on in Tuesday's resignation statement and the problems of policing and reforming the second chamber are exposed.

The former Italian Premier, Matteo Renzi, recently miscalculated public interest in reforming his second chamber, ultimately bringing his premiership to an end.

I am very much in favour of reforming the second chamber.

It is understood that Gove believes the government has far more important issues to deal with than reforming the second chamber.

Not exact matches

Ministers are attempting to complete the reform of parliament's second chamber begun over 100 years ago.

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg announced his party's intention to block boundary changes, thought to be worth around 20 MPs to the Tory party at the next election, as a direct response to the failure of his plans to make the Lords reform a mainly elected second chamber.

[1] The manifesto text does say that reform of the second chamber and consideration of the role of English MPs is scrutinising English legislation are «part of the Constitutional Convention process» (my emphasis), implying that there might be other issues for the convention to consider.

The manifesto text does say that reform of the second chamber and consideration of the role of English MPs is scrutinising English legislation are `

Just on constitutional reform, which continues to be a big interest for you: looking back at the sweep of New Labour in office under Blair and now Brown, hasn't it been a big failure really on what Roy Jenkins called «breaking the mould» issues: Lib - Labbery, elected second chamber - you must be disappointed with that record.

This catalogue of failure exposes the complexities of second chamber reform.

John Bercow says he would prefer an elected second chamber but does not believe «reform on any major scale» will happen soon

In particular, it is suggested that the convention will consider (a) reform of the second chamber and (b) «how English MPs can have a greater role in the scrutiny of legislation that only affects England».

In 1969, for example, came one of the most serious attempts to reform parliament's second chamber.

[i] «The manifesto text does say that reform of the second chamber and consideration of the role of English MPs is scrutinising English legislation are «part of the Constitutional Convention process» (my emphasis), implying that there might be other issues for the convention to consider.

Subsequently, under the Life Peerages Act 1958, life peerages became the norm for all new grants outside the Royal Family, this being seen as a modest reform of the nature of the second legislative chamber.

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Labour officials argue that the repeatedly thwarted plans for Lords reform get bogged down in uncertainty about the role of the second chamber.

Johnson used his weekly Daily Telegraph column to rail against measures set out in the House of Lords reform bill, due to be unveiled on Wednesday, which will set out the future of parliament's second chamber.

The second came after Nick Clegg's statement about Lords reform, in which the Deputy Prime Minister confirmed — as if confirmation were needed — that the Coalition's plans for the second chamber are no more.

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Some want to damage the Lib Dems, others are wary of the pace of reform while others simply object to the idea of a mainly elected second chamber.

Party funding would be reformed, the House of Lords replaced with an elected second chamber and the prime minister would lose his power to choose the date of the general election.

Liberal Democrats denied they had succumbed to Tory protests over Lords reform and insist the Queen's speech will contain a reference to a bill on the second chamber's composition, but Tory sources were suggesting the legislation could only go ahead with cross-party support, and almost certainly a referendum, something party leader Nick Clegg opposes.

The Cabinet Office did not want to comment, but officials pointed out that the coalition agreement states that until Lords reform passes: «Lords appointments will be made with the objective of creating a second chamber reflective of the share of the vote secured by the political parties in the last general election.»

The committee is also expected to call for any proposals on reform of the second chamber to be put to voters in a referendum.

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.

There will be plenty of time for effective and considered reform of the second chamber when Labour is back in government.

• Futher reform of the House of Lords, removing remaining hereditary peers to create smaller and democratically constituted second chamber.

There could be a draft Lords reform Bill — Mr Straw favours an 80 per cent elected second chamber — but there wouldn't be time to push it through before the general election.

4 February 2003: MPs fail to agree a final stage of Lords reform, voting to reject five options in turn, ranging from maintaining the status quo to establishing a fully elected second chamber.

The Tories plan to do the right thing on civil liberties — scrapping ID cards, for example — and to do what Labour did not do on political reform: introduce an elected second chamber.

Tony Blair came into office in 1997 promising an early abolition of hereditary voting rights as part of a wider reform to move towards an elected second chamber.

16 July 2003: Responding to the report by the joint committee on Lords reform, the government says that there is no consensus in parliament for introducing any elected element into the second chamber, only for removing the remaining 92 hereditary peers and establishing a new independent appointments commission.

Given that Lords reform has stalled and an elected second chamber is simply not on the cards in the near future, it seems that we should be looking at how we can create, from what we have, a house that commands respect.

Better options lie in reform of the second chamber, so that directly elected English representatives can scrutinise, revise or reject English legislation.

And although it will not be possible to make changes to the second chamber before an election, it will be seen as opportunity to wrong - foot the Tories on the issue of just how committed they are to reform.

The UK has a progressive, radical government with an intense and urgent programme of reform, so passing bills unimpeded in the second chamber would be expedient.

The Coalition Agreement said that pending reform of the Lords «appointments will be made with the objective of creating a second chamber that is reflective of the share of the vote secured by the political parties in the last general election».