HOUSE OF LORDS REFORM SINCE 1911 by Peter Dorey, Alexandra Kelso ( 9780230306929 )

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Title:

HOUSE OF LORDS REFORM SINCE 1911
MUST THE LORDS GO?

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Electronic book text

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ISBN 10:

0230306926

ISBN 13:

9780230306929

Publisher:

PALGRAVE MACMILLAN

Pub. date:

5 April, 2011

Description:

Examines the debates and developments about House of Lords reform since 1911, and notes that disagreements have occurred within, as well as between, the main political parties and governments throughout this time. It draws attention to how various proposals for reform have raised a wider range constitutional and political problems.

Synopsis:

In 1911, the power of the House of Lords was curbed, as a prelude to establishing a more democratic Second Chamber. A century later, the House of Lords is still comprised mostly of appointed peers, with some hereditary peers remaining. This book explains why House of Lords reform has proceeded so erratically since 1911, and why an elected Second Chamber has still not been established 100 years later. Using a range of primary sources, including Cabinet papers, Ministerial correspondence, the archives of the main political parties and the private papers of various key political figures, this unique study traces the main proposals for reform of the Second Chamber during the last 100 years, and notes that even the apparently simplest measures have raised complex or constitutionally awkward problems when exposed to fuller discussion and examination. Furthermore, the issue of House of Lords reform has not only repeatedly revealed disagreements between the main parties, but also marked differences within them, which have exacerbated the problems of securing agreement on proposals for reform.

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6, 6 black & white tables

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Imprint:

Palgrave Macmillan

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Non-returnable

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