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Why not just abolish the House of Lords and replace it with.....nothing!
"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." Cicero
Why not just abolish the House of Lords and replace it with.....nothing!
Er, because then there would be no one to keep the Government of the day 'in check'? Also, lots of Bills are introduced via the Lords because there just isnt enough Parliamentary time to introduce what a Government wants in the Commons.
Why dont you investigate the British Constitution and Politics then you might have a better understanding? Its available from MacMillan Press I believe.
Why dont you investigate the British Constitution and Politics then you might have a better understanding? Its available from MacMillan Press I believe.
This is another ill thought out piece of legislation. More politicians with their noses in the electoral trough.
...my quagmire of greed....my cesspit of laziness and unfairness....all I am doing is sticking two fingers up at nurses, doctors and other hard working employed professionals...
This is another ill thought out piece of legislation. More politicians with their noses in the electoral trough.
It just seems to be a trough. Nothing electoral about it. If there are any life peers left they need abolishing straight away - and replaced with nothing.
Er, because then there would be no one to keep the Government of the day 'in check'? Also, lots of Bills are introduced via the Lords because there just isnt enough Parliamentary time to introduce what a Government wants in the Commons.
If the majority of both houses are from the same party, legislation will just be rubber stamped, I assume the House of Commons will still have the last say, so at the very least it will be a delaying chamber.
There is no reason why the scrutiny if new legislation can be solely done by the Commons, I would have no objection to Commons committees bringing on some experts to assist with complex bills.
Just think outside the box, just because we have always had two chambers, there is no reason why we have to it the future.
Sweden, Denmark, Norway, New Zealand, Hungary.....they all seem to get by with just one chamber.
"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." Cicero
It just seems to be a trough. Nothing electoral about it. If there are any life peers left they need abolishing straight away - and replaced with nothing.
Or what about a system where it is full of people with a solid education, a good deal of money (thereby less likely to be bribed) and see it as their duty to serve the country? I never worked out what was so bad with that.
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