Debate on select committee report on Monday, 6 June 2005, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Holme of Cheltenham. The answering member was Baroness Amos.

Parliament and the Legislative Process

Lords debate on motion to take note of the report of the Select Committee on the Constitution on Parliament and the Legislative process (HL 173 2003/04). Agreed to on question.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 672 c728-70
Session: 2005-06
Department: Constitution Committee; Lord President of the Council
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Constitution Select Committee (HL) fourteenth report on Parliament and the legislative process in 2 volumes with the minutes of evidence and appendices.
Wednesday, 13 October 2004
Parliamentary committees
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Proceeding contributions: Baroness Amos | 672 c768-70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, two things go on. For example, ideas will be floated to generate public debate. Noble Lord...; Baroness Amos | 672 c768 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Government make most of their policy announcements inside Parliament. Many of my colle...; Lord Elton | 672 c768 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, when the Minister says that most of the announcements are made in Parliament, is that for ...; Baroness Amos | 672 c766-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, discussions about the terms of reference of the committee are ongoing. Once they are draft...; Lord Elton | 672 c768 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the noble Baroness abandons the question of public relations, could she say whether...; Lord Elton | 672 c766 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, do I understand correctly that it is a two-way process and that the committee can also loo...; Baroness Amos | 672 c763-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I begin by congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Holme of Cheltenham, on opening this import...; Lord Strathclyde | 672 c760-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Dahrendorf, said that this was an important debate, and so it has b...; Lord Carter | 672 c760 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my point was about a remark that the noble Lord made in the chapter that he contributed to...; Lord Smith of Clifton | 672 c746-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, although I am now a member of the Select Committee on the constitution, I was not during i...; Lord Norton of Louth | 672 c748-52 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble and scholarly Lord, Lord Smith of Clifton, for the se...; Baroness Gould of Potternewton | 672 c738-41 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Holme, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Norton, as chairman o...; Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market | 672 c741-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as one who has just left the committee, I would like to say how much I enjoyed my time on ...; Lord Carter | 672 c732-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome this excellent report which is full of practical and well founded recommendation...; Lord Wakeham | 672 c736-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is not the first time that I have followed the noble Lord, Lord Carter, in a debate o...; Lord Holme of Cheltenham | 672 c728-32 (Link to this contribution) rose to move, That this House takes note of the report of the Select Committee on the Constitution o...; Lord McNally | 672 c757-60 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I begin by quoting paragraph 221 of the report which states that,"““quantity should not be...; Lord Dahrendorf | 672 c752-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is an important debate on an important report. Both the report and now the debate owe...; Lord Elton | 672 c754-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Norton of Louth for the effective methods and agreeable sty...; Lord McNally | 672 c760 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is reconcilable. I cannot challenge the supremacy of the Commons because the Parliament...; Lord Holme of Cheltenham | 672 c770 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the hour is late and I shall be brief. However, I have to say that my noble friend Lord Mc...
Subjects: Legislative process House of Lords Legislation Legislative drafting Parliamentary scrutiny Public participation Select committees Joint select committees Explanatory notes Carry-over motions Sunset clauses
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Parliament and the Legislative Process

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