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Ministerial statement on Tuesday, 17 May 2011, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Strathclyde.

House of Lords Reform Bill

Lords statement on House of Lords reform.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
727 c1268-89 
Session
2010-12
Department
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Related items
House of Lords Reform Draft Bill.
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
Command papers
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Lord Reid of Cardowan | 727 c1286-7 (Link to this contribution) First, I thank the noble Lord for his elucidation of the thoughts of the Deputy Prime Minister, whic...
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Lord McNally | 727 c1286 (Link to this contribution) We will hear from the noble Lord, Lord Reid, and then from the Cross Benches.
Lord Elystan-Morgan | 727 c1287 (Link to this contribution) May I warmly congratulate the noble Lord the Leader of the House, on the consummate skill with which...
Lord Strathclyde | 727 c1287 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is a clever argument, but it will not wash. There is no intention at all to change th...
Lord Cormack | 727 c1286 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend’s recent replies—I feel very sorry for him—make me want to quote PG Wodeho...
Lord Strathclyde | 727 c1286 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on the first point regarding accountability, what is envisaged here is to try and preserve...
Lord Strathclyde | 727 c1286 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have dealt with the question about accountability and 15 years. If the White Paper had p...
Lord Strathclyde | 727 c1288 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not know how long the noble Lord will be here, but there is no need to go forward wit...
Lord Lea of Crondall | 727 c1288 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, is the Leader of the House aware that in the House of Commons this afternoon, in response ...
Lord McNally | 727 c1288 (Link to this contribution) Can we hear from the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, and then from the Cross Benches?
Lord Strathclyde | 727 c1287 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I cannot say whether or not the Government have taken legal advice on this specifically, b...
Lord Strathclyde | 727 c1288 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sure the whole House will have heard my noble friend. I can confirm that it is my und...
Lord Strathclyde | 727 c1287 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Joint Committee—on which the noble Baroness sat and was such a distinguished and senio...
Lord Tomlinson | 727 c1287 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will the noble Lord accept that the part of his Statement in which he referred to Mr Clegg...
Lord Kakkar | 727 c1289 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord the Leader of the House has emphasised the statement in the White Paper tha...
Lord Strathclyde | 727 c1289 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there is no tension between the two. All I say is what is obvious: in a House that is enti...
Lord Strathclyde | 727 c1289 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is a very clever question—one that would allow me to indulge in much philosophical de...
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 727 c1288-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend on how he has dealt with this matter today. May I press him...
Bishop of Winchester | 727 c1275-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Lord the Leader of the House for bringing this Statement to your L...
Lord Strathclyde | 727 c1276-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on behalf of the whole House, I pay tribute to the right reverend Prelate who, after 15 ye...
Lord McNally | 727 c1278 (Link to this contribution) We have got 40 minutes. Let us show ourselves on our best behaviour. I suggest that the noble Lord, ...
Lord Cunningham of Felling | 727 c1278-9 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord. Can I remind the Leader of the House that the Conventions of the UK...
Lord Strathclyde | 727 c1279 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I entirely agree with the noble Lord. His report was extremely useful, was well received i...
Lord Strathclyde | 727 c1279-80 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I readily agree with my noble friend, most particularly that these are serious matters on ...
Lord Dholakia | 727 c1279 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for repeating the Statement made earlier in the Commons by my right...
Lord Wakeham | 727 c1280 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend has given a great account of the Deputy Prime Minister’s proposals for the...
Lord Strathclyde | 727 c1280 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend has had years of interest in this issue—not only in Parliament but in his ...
Lord St John of Fawsley | 727 c1281 (Link to this contribution) Does my noble friend not realise that the inevitable effect of following these proposals and having ...
Lord Strathclyde | 727 c1281 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend is entirely entitled to his view and the comparison he makes between the S...
Lord Barnett | 727 c1280-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I noted with interest that the noble Lord, Lord Strathclyde, emphasised that the Statement...
Lord Strathclyde | 727 c1281 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, when the noble Lord reads the White Paper he will certainly find the answer to his questio...
Lord Howarth of Newport | 727 c1282 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, how would an elected second Chamber improve the performance of Parliament? Why would an el...
Lord Strathclyde | 727 c1282 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is a central question in this debate. The leadership of the noble Lord’s party and mi...
Baroness Knight of Collingtree | 727 c1282 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if the determination to follow and ensure democracy in this country is the aim of the Gove...
Lord Strathclyde | 727 c1283 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have heard my noble and learned friend speak on many occasions on plans for reform of th...
Bishop of Chester | 727 c1283 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I wonder whether I could ask the Leader of the House to address more directly what I took ...
Lord Strathclyde | 727 c1283-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there is no magic about the figure of 300, any more than there was magic about the 600 fig...
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean | 727 c1284 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Statement says very clearly that people have a right to choose their representatives. ...
Lord Strathclyde | 727 c1282 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, 100 years ago the Parliament Act was passed, which certainly recommended that we should mo...
Lord Campbell-Savours | 727 c1282 (Link to this contribution) Can I make it clear that I am in favour of a 100 per cent elected House? Does the White Paper make r...
Lord Strathclyde | 727 c1282 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the White Paper does not rule it out because it does not mention it. I am not quite sure w...
Lord Howe of Aberavon | 727 c1283 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend has dealt with one matter very clearly in his answer to the noble Lord, Lo...
Lord Steel of Aikwood | 727 c1284 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I wonder whether my noble friend has read the report published last week from the House of...
Lord Strathclyde | 727 c1284 (Link to this contribution) I hope that my noble friend is pleased that the Procedure Committee will very soon, I hope, bring fo...
Lord Strathclyde | 727 c1284 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, paragraph 7 is in the context of the powers of the House not changing. I made that plain i...
Lord Dubs | 727 c1285-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in supporting the move towards a democratically elected House, may I put two concerns to t...
Lord Strathclyde | 727 c1285 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is likely that the salary would be set slightly lower than that of a Member of Parliame...
Lord Williamson of Horton | 727 c1285 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, obviously what we are dealing with is an important constitutional issue. That is what we n...
Lord Strathclyde | 727 c1285 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord, Lord Williamson, is not only a fast reader; he reads in a very exacting way. I will ...
Lord Strathclyde | 727 c1268-70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I sense that this might be a convenient moment in the proceedings for me to repeat a State...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 727 c1270-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord the Leader of the House for repeating the Statement made in the oth...
Baroness D'Souza | 727 c1274-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, thank the Leader of the House for repeating the Statement and, indeed, for the cou...
Lord Tyler | 727 c1288 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, can my noble friend confirm that there are many features of the current White Paper that s...
Subjects
Bishops Elections House of Lords House of Lords composition Electoral systems Public appointments Peers Reform Single transferable vote Crossbenchers
Legislation
Draft House of Lords Reform Bill
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