Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor David Clelland (Labour), on Monday, 28 February 2005, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 34 members in total.

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HOUSE OF LORDS REFORM

That this House believes that a partly elected second chamber would be an unsustainable hybrid and would inevitably lead to a fully elected chamber and that an elected second chamber could not guarantee the spread of experience, knowledge, background, gender and ethnicity required for a chamber dedicated to the scrutiny and advisory role hitherto considered appropriate for a reformed House of Lords; further believes that a second chamber should add value to our system of governance and be more representative and more effective and that these qualities can be achieved without producing a whole new batch of elected politicians; and believes that the cobbled together proposals outlined in the recently published Second Chamber of Parliament Bill are a disappointing response to the opportunity that now presents itself.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

HOUSE OF LORDS REFORM (800A1)

The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Frank Cook (primary, Labour) and tabled on Monday, 7 March 2005. It has been signed by 1 members in total.

Line 5, after `Lords', insert `further believes that a fully elected chamber would lead inevitably to the practice of rivalry as to which House represented more reliably the needs and aspirations of the electorate;'.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

800 

800A1 

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Elections House of Lords Reform

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk