Tag Archives: House of Lords Constitution Committee

Public Bodies Bill – the continuing debate

Lord Norton 05/02/2011 – 5:12 pm

I agree with Lord Knight's assessment of the Public Bodies Bill.  It is making slow progress through the House.  This is in part because of time being taken by the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill and also because peers are keen to discuss the bodies included in the different schedules of the Bill.  A number are proving especially controversial.   The attention given to t […]

Written at 5:12 pm on 05/02/2011, by Lord Norton


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Making the news

Lord Norton 20/12/2010 – 4:52 pm

The media last Thursday tended to concentrate on the publication of the Constitution Committee's report on the Fixed-term Parliaments Bill rather than on the Lord Chief Justice's appearance before the committee the previous day.  However, on Friday, The Guardian carried a report on his Lordship's evidence.  It focused on his criticisms of Schedule 7 of the Public Bodies Bill.   I was called i […]

Written at 4:52 pm on 20/12/2010, by Lord Norton


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Debating the constitution

Lord Norton 17/10/2010 – 5:02 pm

The past week has been a busy one for the House in considering constitutional issues.  On Monday, there was a question for short debate (QSD) on the role of the House in the event of reform.  Such debates are time-limited - in this case to ninety minutes - and there were so many speakers that each backbench contributor had only two minutes.  One speaker thought this was unprecedented.  It wasn […]

Written at 5:02 pm on 17/10/2010, by Lord Norton


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Improving legislation

Lord Norton 12/12/2009 – 12:32 am

At Wednesday's meeting of the Constitution Committee, we devoted most of our time to discussing a draft of our report on the Cabinet Office.  However, we also approved a short report on the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Bill.  This is a Private Member's Bill which has Government support.  The subject matter is uncontentious, but we raised with Government a numbe […]

Written at 12:32 am on 12/12/2009, by Lord Norton


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Sitting the other side of the table

Lord Norton 13/11/2008 – 1:33 pm

I have served on committees throughout the ten years that I have been a member of the Lords.  However, I have spent even longer making the occasional appearance before committees.   My first appearance before a parliamentary committee at Westminster was in 1984 and before a committee of an overseas legislature in 1985. This morning I gave evidence to the Public Administration Committee in t […]

Written at 1:33 pm on 13/11/2008, by Lord Norton


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