Tag Archives: experience and expertise

Experience and expertise

Lord Norton 11/11/2008 – 9:35 pm

A week last Friday, I spoke at two schools, the John Cleveland College in Hinckley, Leicestershire, and Queen Margaret's School, York.  I was initially invited to talk about constitutional change but each opted for a more specific talk on the role of the Lords.  Last Friday, I also spoke on Lords reform at a sixth-form conference in Machester organised by the Political Education Forum.  One […]

Experience and expertise

Lord Norton 22/07/2008 – 5:10 pm

Lord Tyler makes some interesting points but none that undermines the points advanced against electing the second chamber - though he does at least avoid some of the cliches advanced by proponents of election. There are two particular points I would make.  First, the House is variously characterised as a House of experience and expertise.  They are not one and the same thing.  They are not mut […]