Proceeding contribution from Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Lords on Monday, 30 April 2012. It occurred during Debate on select committee report on Draft House of Lords Reform Bill.
Draft House of Lords Reform Bill
I will make the point and then I will take the noble Lord's intervention. There is one nation in Europe which may be insufficiently able to take decisions about military action when it needs to, and that is Germany. The Bundesrat, the second Chamber in Germany, has no say over going to war. However, there is no reason why a second Chamber should not be asked whether to ratify treaties or whether it is reasonable to go to war. Why is that possible everywhere else in the world but impossible here?
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- 736 c1966
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- 2010-12
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- House of Lords chamber
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- Elections House of Lords House of Commons House of Lords composition Electoral systems Pay Powers Public appointments Referendums Peers Reform Transitional arrangements Length of service
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- Parliament Act 1911
- Parliament Act 1949
- Draft House of Lords Reform Bill
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