I get queries about what the constitutional implications are in the event of a ‘yes’ vote in the referendum in Scotland. What will happen to MPs sitting for Scottish seats? What are the implications for peers from Scotland? People appear to think there are definitive answers. My answer is to read the report of the Constitution Committee…
When I chaired the Constitution Committee in the Lords, one of our major reports was on Parliament and the Legislative Process. Later this year will mark the tenth anniversary of its publication. We examined the whole legislative process, including pre- and post-legislative scrutiny. We were keen not only to see pre-legislative scrutiny (examining Bills in draft)…
‘All politicians are liars’. Or are they? It’s a difficult pitch to defend in the present climate but in my long experience I think most politicians are no more or less truthful then the average person. What a politician says is very often recorded either by the media or by Hansard. So unless you are…
