Ministerial statement on Wednesday, 7 February 2007, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Falconer of Thoroton.

House of Lords: Reform

Lords statement on reform of the House of Lords.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 689 c710-25
Session: 2006-07
Department: Department for Constitutional Affairs
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: The House of Lords reform.
Wednesday, 7 February 2007
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House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Lord Williamson of Horton | 689 c717-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I intervene at this stage because I participated in some of the earlier discussions, and t...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 689 c719-20 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Williamson and Lord McNally, for their constructive response...; Lord Strathclyde | 689 c714-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, your Lordships might be forgiven for thinking that they had come to the House this afterno...; Lord McNally | 689 c716-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is always a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Strathclyde, and it has been ...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 689 c723 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it would be unwise of me to try to estimate how much support for change there is behind me...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 689 c720-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am not sure whether that was an endorsement of the White Paper. On my noble friend’s fir...; Lord Chartres | 689 c721 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very grateful for the assurance given by the noble and learned Lord the Lord Chancell...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 689 c722 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on the first point, it was the unanimous view of the parliamentarians who met and discusse...; Lord Howe of Aberavon | 689 c722 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will the noble and learned Lord the Lord Chancellor accept that not one sentence of the St...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 689 c722 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have made it clear in reply to the Front Bench interventions that I believe that the qua...; Lord Tyler | 689 c722-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will the noble and learned Lord the Lord Chancellor address the issue of public opinion? D...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 689 c723 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sure that many of our policies have 92 per cent support, though it would be wearisome...; Lord Tomlinson | 689 c723 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble and learned friend for repeating the Statement made by my right honourabl...; Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean | 689 c720 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am not completely against an elected element in this House. I am against an elected elem...; Earl of Onslow | 689 c725 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, speaking perhaps as a Bernard Matthews turkey for a moment, and also, as noble Lords know,...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 689 c725 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, without sounding too craven, I should like to express my gratitude for the noble Lord’s su...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 689 c724 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have to confess that we have not dealt with the problem of a party from nowhere becoming...; Lord Jopling | 689 c724 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble and learned Lord the Lord Chancellor referred to the long-term nature of these p...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 689 c724 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not think it is comprised of the widest range of views possible. The views represente...; Lord Dubs | 689 c723 (Link to this contribution) Tell us again, my Lords.; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 689 c723 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if you understood that, you are a lot cleverer than I am. Thirdly, accountability comes fr...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 689 c725 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree entirely with the first part of my noble friend’s statement. If you introduced a s...; Earl of Onslow | 689 c725 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there they all are, behaving like shop stewards saying, ““We want to stay! It’s perfect! I...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 689 c725 (Link to this contribution) No, my Lords; I think that that is the right conclusion to reach. Evolution of this House is the bes...; Lord Lea of Crondall | 689 c725 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, can my noble and learned friend confirm that in responding to the White Paper he recognise...; Lord Richard | 689 c724 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I may reassure my noble and learned friend that there is at least one supporter on...; Lord Cobbold | 689 c723 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the White Paper says that the Government believe that the work of the Lords will be enhanc...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 689 c710-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat a Statement made earlier today by my right...
Subjects: Criminal records Bishops Elections House of Lords Disqualification Hereditary peers House of Lords composition Electoral systems General elections Public appointments Political parties Peers Reform Voting rights Resignations
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House of Lords: Reform

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