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Frank gives Lords warning
PROPOSALS for an elected House of Lords could spark a major constitutional crisis, according to former Health secretary Frank Dobson.
Speaking in the House of Commons last week, the Holborn and St Pancras MP said the plans to introduce a wholly or partly elected House of Lords would create “a constitutional shambles with two sets of elected representatives in perpetual conflict”.
He said: “I want Parliamentary reform but we will not get that if we vote for such an option. We would be changing the membership of the Lords without clarifying and codifying its functions.
“The dynamics of the Lords, and the relationship between the Houses will change… That is why I believe what is proposed is likely to lead at worst to a major constitutional crisis and at best to debilitating and protracted friction between the two Houses.” |
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