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Question for short debate on Wednesday, 10 November 2010, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Grocott. The answering member was Lord Taylor of Holbeach.

Parliament: Elected House of Lords

Lords question for short debate on what would be the effect of an elected House of Lords on relations between the two Houses of Parliament.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
722 c242-64 
Session
2010-12
Department
Cabinet Office
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions
Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 722 c264 (Link to this contribution) The new year that is yet to come. I have been advised that early in the new year is the likely time ...
Lord Scott of Foscote | 722 c259-60 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rise to make a few short remarks in the gap. The issue being debated this evening was co...
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Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 722 c260 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is a debate of fundamental importance to both the House of Commons and the House of L...
Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 722 c263 (Link to this contribution) I thank my noble friend for that interruption. I think that I said earlier that the Government have ...
Lord Wills | 722 c263 (Link to this contribution) Will the noble Lord confirm when in the new year this draft Bill will appear? Will it be in the firs...
Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 722 c260-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, for bringing forward this short debate and ...
Earl Ferrers | 722 c262 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, could I interrupt my noble friend? I was following what he was saying and I wanted to get ...
Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 722 c262-3 (Link to this contribution) No, a mainly elected House of Lords is the phraseology that I think—and hope—that I have used, becau...
Lord Tyler | 722 c263 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I wonder whether the noble Lord would confirm that it is the Government’s view that it wou...
Lord Eden of Winton | 722 c254-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on the issue of what is in my view incorrectly referred to as reform of the House of Lords...
Lord Steel of Aikwood | 722 c255 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is time we were more frank about the vocabulary that we use in dealing with the future ...
Baroness Noakes | 722 c253-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, when we speed-debated House of Lords reform last month, I said that the purpose of your Lo...
Lord Wills | 722 c254 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Grocott on securing this debate. I am afraid that I ag...
Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws | 722 c251 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I chaired the Power inquiry into our democracy. We took evidence around the country and a ...
Earl Ferrers | 722 c250-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, for introducing this debate, because it see...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 722 c249-50 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, what is particularly frustrating in trying to dissuade the Government from implementing th...
Lord Cobbold | 722 c253 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am one of those who feels strongly that the proposal to turn the present House of Lords ...
Lord Norton of Louth | 722 c252-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if there is a change in the composition of this House with Members being elected, then tha...
Lord Maclennan of Rogart | 722 c252 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, made points which I hope will be considered by those who are...
Bishop of Bath and Wells | 722 c247-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the issue of relationships between the two Houses is important, whether or not there is to...
Baroness Shephard of Northwold | 722 c248 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, on securing this debate, which strikes at the...
Lord Sewel | 722 c248-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my earlier speech was on Somali pirates; my second is on reform of your Lordships’ House. ...
Lord Grocott | 722 c242 (Link to this contribution) Asked By To ask Her Majesty’s Government what would be the effect of an elected House of Lords o...
Lord Grocott | 722 c242-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this Question seeks the Government’s view on the effect of an elected House of Lords on th...
Lord Howe of Aberavon | 722 c245 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, three questions ought to be answered in light of the prospect of the arrival of elected Me...
Lord Grocott | 722 c243-5 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry. I should have said that the Lords defers to the Commons. I remind the House of a much ad...
Lord Tyler | 722 c246-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am a great fan of the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, but I really think he ought to be more f...
Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 722 c245-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Grocott for securing this important debate. Sadly, I cannot g...
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe | 722 c259 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Grocott on securing this debate. We hold different vie...
Viscount Younger of Leckie | 722 c258-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I believe that an elected upper Chamber would have a detrimental effect on the delicate an...
Baroness Knight of Collingtree | 722 c256 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, good legislation is rarely produced without the House of Lords. Often whole sections of Bi...
Lord Stoddart of Swindon | 722 c255-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is completely naive to think that we could have an elected second Chamber without addit...
Lord Kilclooney | 722 c257-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have served in five different parliamentary institutions—seven years in the Northern Ire...
Lord Grenfell | 722 c256-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, when the last Government set out their vision of what an elected second Chamber would be l...
Subjects
Armed conflict Elections Legislative process House of Lords House of Commons Powers Parliamentary procedure Parliamentary scrutiny Ministers Peers Proportional representation Treaties Reform Censure motions
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