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Post by tiberius on Apr 27, 2018 8:02:51 GMT
Let's say that the Lib Dems and the Conservatives work out a deal reforming the HoL to make it partially elected, and the 2013 review passes Parliament.
What happens next?
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Post by Foggy on Apr 27, 2018 23:31:58 GMT
Let's say that the Lib Dems and the Conservatives work out a deal reforming the HoL to make it partially elected, and the 2013 review passes Parliament. What happens next? They did, but Labour voted it down.  |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Apr 27, 2018 23:33:12 GMT
Let's say that the Lib Dems and the Conservatives work out a deal reforming the HoL to make it partially elected, and the 2013 review passes Parliament. What happens next? They did, but Labour voted it down. Labour voted in favour of the reform. |
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Post by Foggy on Apr 27, 2018 23:40:12 GMT
They did, but Labour voted it down. Labour voted in favour of the reform. Sneaky, but of course technically correct. Let me rephrase that: Labour knowingly allowed any prospect of meaningful Lords reform to be scuppered for another generation.  |
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Post by tiberius on Apr 28, 2018 6:35:01 GMT
Ah, but this thread title implies that for whatever reason, the Coalition succeeds in enacting HoL reform.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Apr 28, 2018 8:20:20 GMT
Labour voted in favour of the reform. Sneaky, but of course technically correct. Let me rephrase that: Labour knowingly allowed any prospect of meaningful Lords reform to be scuppered for another generation. The Lib Dem/Tory coalition's contemptuous insistence on curtailing Parliamentary debate on their Lords reform proposal knowingly scuppered the chance for the Lords reform to be enacted. The government didn't need to force a ludicrously short timetable on the debate that was so short, so many of its own supporters would have voted against it. |
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Post by The Bishop on Apr 28, 2018 9:43:40 GMT
Well one obvious possible consequence of HoL reform then passing is that the parliamentary boundary changes would get approved as well?
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