Sentences with phrase «wholly elected second chamber»

It does not envisage a wholly elected second chamber.

Brown is having to navigate between Lord Mandelson, the business secretary, who wants to retain 20 % of the places for appointed peers, and Jack Straw, the justice secretary, who favours a wholly elected second chamber.

Britain should have a wholly elected second chamber in a radical departure from tradition, MPs voted last night.

The Labour leader said: «We had a very clear manifesto position, which was for a referendum, a 100 % wholly elected second chamber and proper codification of powers.

Not exact matches

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

Simon Hughes, Lib Dem constitutional affairs spokesman, said: «It would be a serious setback to our democratic credentials as a country if the Commons does not vote this week for a wholly or predominately elected second chamber.

Arguing that a hybrid chamber would fail, Blair tells MPs they would have to choose between a wholly elected or wholly appointed second chamber.

Had we pressed ahead with our plans for a mostly or wholly elected Lords there would have been a second chamber election mid-way though this parliamentary term, giving us a chance to put a new Labour agenda to the public and — in the event of a win — prove to ourselves and to the country that we can be election winners again.

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.