Ministerial statement on Wednesday, 10 June 2009, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Royall of Blaisdon.

Constitutional Renewal

Lords statement on constitutional renewal.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 711 c638-57
Session: 2008-09
Department: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions: Baroness D'Souza | 711 c647, (corrigendum) 834 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness the Leader of the House for repeating the Statement on constitu...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 711 c656 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I completely agree that there is a crisis of trust. I do not think that it is a new crisis...; Lord Soley | 711 c656-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I reiterate my long-standing support for the implication in the Statement that we will at ...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 711 c656 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as I understand it, having a Question Time in this House has been discussed before. This i...; Baroness Williams of Crosby | 711 c656 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady O’Neill, rightly spoke about a far-reaching crisis of trust. This...; Lord Elton | 711 c655-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if we are to start messing around with the composition of both Houses of Parliament, we ou...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 711 c656 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree that the Executive must be controlled by Parliament; that is the duty of Parliamen...; Lord Elton | 711 c656 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it was really to agree with my noble friend on the Front Bench that, if we are to have pow...; Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 711 c654 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have yet to hear from the Cross Benches. May we hear from the noble Baroness, Lady O’Ne...; Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve | 711 c655 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not want to be Cassandra in this situation, but we have an immediate problem of publi...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 711 c655 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I wholeheartedly agree with the noble Baroness. That is why we are addressing the most imp...; Lord Tyler | 711 c655 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the Leader of the House recognise that, in laying great stress on the urgency of rest...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 711 c655 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, every Member of Parliament has been elected by a majority in his or her constituency. Ther...; Lord Campbell-Savours | 711 c655 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, might I remind my noble friend that, when some of us did some detailed research on the alt...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 711 c655 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for that reminder and I shall certainly remind the Prime Minister accordingl...; Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve | 711 c654 (Link to this contribution) My Lords—; Lord Campbell-Savours | 711 c654 (Link to this contribution) My Lords—; Lord Davies of Coity | 711 c654 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have a question for my noble friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster about the S...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 711 c654 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I readily acknowledge that this House does a remarkable job for a very small amount of mon...; Lord Steel of Aikwood | 711 c652 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, can the noble Baroness clarify those matters which affect this House on which there will b...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 711 c652 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am always up for free offers; I spend a lot of time in supermarkets. I hoped that I had ...; Lord Mackay of Clashfern | 711 c653 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, how does the suggestion of a written constitution lie with questions of reform of the Hous...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 711 c653-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble and learned Lord first raised the issue of a written constitution. The Governmen...; Lord Clinton-Davis | 711 c653 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will we have an opportunity in the House of Lords to consider the special parliamentary co...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 711 c653 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, forgive me, but I do not recognise the committee to which the noble Lord refers so I canno...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 711 c651 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I believe that reform is necessary to restore trust in our democracy. As the noble Lord sa...; Lord Grocott | 711 c651 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on the voting system, did my noble friend notice the hugely important statement by the Pri...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 711 c651 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am well aware of the very trenchant views that my noble friend expresses, and I have not...; Earl Ferrers | 711 c651-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the noble Baroness realise that her Statement has caused a lot of concern? Does she r...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 711 c652 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, of course I understand the concern that has been expressed by the noble Earl and around th...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 711 c650 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is true—look at the figures. I understand the concerns expressed by the right reverend ...; Lord Maclennan of Rogart | 711 c650-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the Leader of the House accept that the core of the message that she read out is that...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 711 c647-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for all the comments made; I think that is the best way of putting it. This ...; Lord Strathclyde | 711 c643-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for repeating this Statement. It seems that we will be busy in ...; Lord McNally | 711 c645-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Strathclyde, as he deftly has to sq...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 711 c638-43 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with the leave of the House, I will repeat a Statement made in another place by my right h...; Bishop of Durham | 711 c649-50 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness the Leader of the House for her Statement, repeated from the ot...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 711 c650 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Statement that I repeated is not about displacement. This Government are focused on th...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 711 c657 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I completely agree with the point about independence, which is why I am delighted that the...
Subjects: Disclosure of information Codes of practice Discipline Conduct Allowances Devolution British constitution Freedom of information House of Lords House of Commons Electoral register Internet Electoral systems Misconduct Members Public consultation Parliamentary procedure Peers Public records Young people Regulation Reform Voting rights Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
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Constitutional Renewal

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