Proceeding contribution from Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 1 May 2012. It occurred during Debate on select committee report on Draft House of Lords Reform Bill.
Draft House of Lords Reform Bill
My Lords, I knew that an intervention would be popular. Can the noble Lord address the central question? Can he explain why it is that this Chamber cannot follow the same principle as the vast majority of second Chambers elsewhere in the world, which is by being democratically based? Is it because our democracy is so weak? Is it because we are totally unique in the world? Or is it because the House of Lords is, as it always has been, opposed to democratic reform?
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- Proceeding contribution
- Reference
- 736 c2082
- Session
- 2010-12
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Lords chamber
- Subjects
- 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
- Legislation
- Parliament Act 1911
- Parliament Act 1949
- Draft House of Lords Reform Bill
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- View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk
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