A consideration of the House of Lords Reform White Paper and draft Bill 2011 arguing that the proposals they contain to transform the House of Lords into a democratically legitimate second chamber follow from false choice and involve high cost and level of complexity. The author sets out a simpler proposal, developed from his submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the draft House of Lords Reform Bill. Article by James Hand, Associate Senior Lecturer, School of Law, Portsmouth Business School, University of Portsmouth
After the rapid implementation of phase one of House of Lords reform, plans for further change, or p...
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As one of the most significant pieces of constitutional legislation enacted in the last century, the...
Abstract The 1911 Parliament Act decreed that Lords reform was ‘an urgent question which brooks no d...
We should welcome the government’s reforms to overhaul the House of Lords, writes Graham Allen MP, t...
Reform of the House of Lords is badly needed. The fundamental agreements between the recommendations...
House of Lords reform was scuppered in 2011 when the Conservatives opted not to back the Liberal Dem...
In 1911, the power of the House of Lords was curbed, as a prelude to establishing a more democratic ...
On 17th May 2011, the Government published its House of Lords Reform Draft Bill and accompanying Whi...
In 1911, the power of the House of Lords was curbed, as a prelude to establishing a more democratic ...
A number of different proposals to reform the House of Lords have been outlined since the Labour gov...
The government’s proposals to reform the House of Lords are only the latest in a long line of initia...
Several schemes for reforming the House of Lords have been proposed since 1997, and each have made v...
The details of the government’s new proposals for House of Lords reform are certain to generate much...
The House of Lords is the world’s longest-established and probably best-known second chamber. Wholly...
After the rapid implementation of phase one of House of Lords reform, plans for further change, or p...
First published online: 30 March 2020The disproportional electoral system of the House of Commons is...
As one of the most significant pieces of constitutional legislation enacted in the last century, the...
Abstract The 1911 Parliament Act decreed that Lords reform was ‘an urgent question which brooks no d...
We should welcome the government’s reforms to overhaul the House of Lords, writes Graham Allen MP, t...
Reform of the House of Lords is badly needed. The fundamental agreements between the recommendations...
House of Lords reform was scuppered in 2011 when the Conservatives opted not to back the Liberal Dem...
In 1911, the power of the House of Lords was curbed, as a prelude to establishing a more democratic ...
On 17th May 2011, the Government published its House of Lords Reform Draft Bill and accompanying Whi...
In 1911, the power of the House of Lords was curbed, as a prelude to establishing a more democratic ...
A number of different proposals to reform the House of Lords have been outlined since the Labour gov...
The government’s proposals to reform the House of Lords are only the latest in a long line of initia...
Several schemes for reforming the House of Lords have been proposed since 1997, and each have made v...
The details of the government’s new proposals for House of Lords reform are certain to generate much...
The House of Lords is the world’s longest-established and probably best-known second chamber. Wholly...
After the rapid implementation of phase one of House of Lords reform, plans for further change, or p...
First published online: 30 March 2020The disproportional electoral system of the House of Commons is...
As one of the most significant pieces of constitutional legislation enacted in the last century, the...