Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Viscount Bledisloe (Crossbench). It was answered on Wednesday, 25 April 2007.
Conventions: Joint Committee Report
- Question
- My Lords, does the noble and learned Lord recognise that the report says that neither House should regularly reject secondary legislation but that it may be appropriate to do so in exceptional circumstances? Surely the test is how often the House has rejected secondary legislation, not how often the Liberal Democrats have put down Motions. We all know that most Liberal Democrat Motions stand no chance of getting passed anyhow.
- Answer
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My Lords, I have always understood that Motions are rejected or not by people either voting against them or in favour of them. The critical step in rejecting things is people voting against them. You cannot distinguish, as the noble Lord seeks to do, between people voting against a Motion and the Motion being defeated.
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- Oral question
- Reference
- 691 c657
- Session
- 2006-07
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- Supplementary
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- House of Lords chamber
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- Legislative process House of Lords House of Commons Parliamentary procedure Joint Committee on Conventions
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