Like the Irish in their referendum, the Lords has given the wrong answer again, this time on the 42 days detention bill:Peers voted to keep the current 28-day limit on pre-charge detentions by 309 votes to 118 - a majority of 191. Later the home secretary said it would be dropped from the counter-terrorism bill but would be in a new bill to be made law "should the worst happen".
The Lords are probably in a bit of trouble over this now and there could well be some more "reforms" in the offing. Here are some from the 2005 proposals:
The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 will lead to the creation of a separate Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, to which the judicial function of the House of Lords, and some of the judicial functions of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, will be transferred. In addition, the office of Lord Chancellor has been reformed by the act, to remove his ability to act as both a government minister and a judge.
The Lord's position in the EU regionalization will be interesting, to say the least. For those shaking their heads in disbelief that anyone could support the anachronistic Lords in this day and age, let me say that if you remove the principle, then you effectively have a unicameral assembly left, subject to the EU. Is that what people want?
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ReplyDeleteI felt it was better not to push the envelope, William so it was removed.
ReplyDeleteMost people don't need to nor are interested in what he's doing behind the scenes but interested parties can always access it, as you've done and so have now helpfully directed people in this comments section.
That seems the fairest way.
It's not what people want. But they don't know any better.
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