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The process of constitutional change

Lord Norton 19/07/2011 – 9:33 pm

When the Constitution Committee of the House of Lords was created in 2001 - I was the first chairman - one of the the first reports we did was on the process of constitutional change. The Committee returned to the subject this year and has just published The Process of Constitutional Change, noting in effect that the situation has not improved in the course of the decade.   As the Commit […]

Written at 9:33 pm on 19/07/2011, by Lord Norton

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Myth making

Lord Norton 31/01/2011 – 10:21 pm

The extended debate on, and attempts to delay, the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill have derived from some misunderstandings.  One, variously expressed over the past few weeks, is that peers have to utilise the power of delay because the coalition now enjoys an effective majority in the House.  However, it doesn't.  Up to the Christmas recess, there were 31 votes in the Hous […]

Written at 10:21 pm on 31/01/2011, by Lord Norton


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Constitutional change

Lord Norton 17/12/2008 – 10:02 pm

I realise that in my earlier post on last week's debate on the constitution, home affairs and legal issues, I omitted to provide a link to my speech, which dealt with the Government's approach (or rather lack of one) to constitutional change.  Anyone wishing to do so can read it here (at columns 315-17). I would like to say that the link is added by popular demand.  I would like to say that […]

Written at 10:02 pm on 17/12/2008, by Lord Norton


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Consequences of the new supreme court

Lord Norton 15/12/2008 – 7:29 pm

Last week, we completed five days of debate on the Queen's Speech.  Each day was devoted to a number of topics.  On Tuesday, we debated home affairs, legal affairs and constitutional issues.  By the nature of the topics, speeches in such debates can vary greatly in terms of focus.  This was certainly true of Tuesday's debate.  Some peers focused, for example, on constitutional issues - I s […]

Written at 7:29 pm on 15/12/2008, by Lord Norton


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