Sentences with phrase «wholly elected house»

Shadow Commons leader Theresa May said: «The House of Commons has clearly expressed a preference for a substantially or wholly elected House of Lords.

Three (support for a wholly elected House of Lords, opposition to PR at local government level, fur labelling) were endorsed.

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House of lords reform - draft bill The purpose of the draft legislation is to take forward the vote of the House of Commons in March 2007 in favour of a wholly or substantially elected second Chamber.

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.

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.

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 hHouse 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 househouse.

Others, including Liberal Democrat peer Lord Steel and Tory Lord Howe, argue that the house should be wholly appointed for fear it might otherwise rival the power of the elected Commons.

Lords reform is an issue above party politics.I propose an upper house, wholly elected, 100 strong, whose candidates for election must be aged 40 or older, and NOT previous members of the House of Comhouse, wholly elected, 100 strong, whose candidates for election must be aged 40 or older, and NOT previous members of the House of ComHouse of Commons.

Sanders was elected to the Senate in 2006, leaving the House wholly occupied, once again, by Democrats and Republicans.

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.

In these votes the House of Commons voted to remove the remaining hereditary peers, as well as simultaneously voting for both the options of a wholly elected and an 80 % elected House.

The difficulty is that the choice between a wholly or largely (hybrid) elected House is not one of degree, but one of kind.

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.

- The question of whether the constitutional conventions which currently regulate the House of Lords would be able to adapt to a new constitutional landscape whereby the upper house was elected — either substantially or whHouse of Lords would be able to adapt to a new constitutional landscape whereby the upper house was elected — either substantially or whhouse was elected — either substantially or wholly.