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Proceeding contribution from Lord Grocott (Labour) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 22 June 2011. It occurred during Debate on House of Lords: Reform.


House of Lords: Reform

I knew that in the first five minutes of his speech the Minister would be Mr Nice. He has now turned inevitably to the Mr Nasty phase. He needs to explain to the House that if the new, elected second Chamber were to have essentially the same powers and functions as the present one, as his own White Paper and draft Bill say, how on earth could this Chamber veto absolutely crucial matters that would be determined by the primary House?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
728 c1375 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Elections House of Lords House of Commons Disqualification House of Lords composition Electoral systems Misconduct Offenders Powers Public appointments Peers Reform Single transferable vote Joint Committee on the Draft House of Lords Reform Bill Length of service
Legislation
Draft House of Lords Reform Bill
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk