Tag Archives: House of Lords Constitution Committee

Stirring up apathy?

Lord Norton 09/01/2012 – 5:27 pm

Last week, the Joint Committee on the Draft House of Lords Reform Bill achieved some unexpected publicity.   There was a leak from the committee about what had been discussed as to the proposed size of the House.   On what one suspects was a slow news day, the BBC had a substantial item about the committtee's deliberations.  This gave the committee public exposure that it has not previously […]

Written at 5:27 pm on 09/01/2012, by Lord Norton

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Health and Social Care Bill

Lord Norton 04/10/2011 – 3:08 pm

The Constitution Committee has published a report on the Health and Social Care Bill.  The remit of the committee is confined to the constitutional implications of the Bill and we are concerned that the Bill, in its current form, risks diluting the Government's constitutional responsibilities with regard to the NHS.  You can read the report here.

Written at 3:08 pm on 04/10/2011, by Lord Norton

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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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An unsustainable Act?

Lord Norton 26/05/2011 – 12:41 pm

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg last week appeared before the Constitution Committee as part of its inquiry into the process of constitutional change.  You can watch the session here or read the transcript here.  He was asked about the Government's proposals for the future of the House of Lords.  I pursued him on the implications for the Parliament Act and I am still trying to make sense of h […]

Written at 12:41 pm on 26/05/2011, by Lord Norton

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Public Bodies Bill – Schedule 7 goes

Lord Norton 02/03/2011 – 2:47 pm

The House achieved a notable success on Monday.  As readers will recall, the Public Bodies Bill attracted criticism from all parts of the House.  It is a 'Henry VIII' Bill, enabling ministers to change primary legislation - in this case, Acts establishing particular public bodies - by order (that is, secondary legislation).  A particular focus of criticism - by both the Constitution Committee a […]

Written at 2:47 pm on 02/03/2011, by Lord Norton


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