Proceeding contribution from Dominic Grieve (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 26 January 2010. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill.

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That guarantee does not seem to amount to very much. Does the Minister not see that the Bill contains no provision to prevent multiple resignations? If he wished to stop that practice, one mechanism that he could use—even without resort to amendment 94—would be to say that someone can resign from the House of Lords only once. Even that is not in this Bill, so someone can resign from the Lords as many times as they have been appointed to it. The Prime Minister's powers of patronage are infinite, so why not do something about it to provide reassurance?

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 504 c765
Session: 2009-10
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Disciplinary proceedings Crime By-elections Constitutional and administrative law Elections House of Lords Disqualification Hereditary peers Misconduct Political parties Peers Parliament Life peers Reform Resignations
Legislation: Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill 2008-09 to 2009-10
Link: View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk

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