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For many years British governments have attempted to find a way to reform the House of Lords. Finally in 1999 the Labour party appeared to be spurred into action and did a deal to remove most of the hereditary peers leaving amongst the majority of appointed peers a rump of Peers who were elected from within the old Hereditary Lords until "the second stage of reform was completed".
In November 2001 the government launched a consultation heavily biased toward either an appointed, elected or part-part house. Over 1000 responses were received, including a number suggesting various other methods of selection including allotment.
Unfortunately the government were unable to obtain a consensus amongst MPs and no option gained sufficient support to proceed. Despite the very low support for an all appointed chamber, in 2003 the government decided to proceed with an all appointed house and undertook another consultation for the method of selection of the appointments panel - assuming it too would be appointed.
Despite a press release reporting 80% of respondents in favour of the governments own proposal the government chose not to continue. A closer examination of the respondents showed closer to one third in favour of the governments proposal and a wide variety of highly innovative ideas which somehow were omitted from the final report despite a UK government code of conduct on consultation requirement for such ideas to be reported.
Amongst the various suggestions were:-
Allotment or selection by lot was the form of selection used in the first democracies in Ancient Greece and is now used to select juries. In is inherently democratic. An allotment may be used in at least three ways: allotment (financial) allotment (gardening) allotment (radio) See also: apportionment This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
An allotment may be used in at least three ways: allotment (financial) allotment (gardening) allotment (radio) See also: apportionment This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
- All members allotted from the general electorate to form in effect a large jury based on that in Athenian Democracy
- Based on the democratic nature of allotment, a small would be chosen which would take the place of the appointments panel. This has the advantage that it retains the best aspects of the present house but makes the system of selection democratic in nature.
Contrary to what many believe, the original democracies elected very few officers, however many believe that it is impossible to be democratic without having an election. An election is a decision making process whereby people vote for preferred political candidates or parties to act as representatives in government. ...
- Electors have two votes, one for their MP in the commons and one for the upper house. A variety of systems are possible but most propose that the total votes for each party would be counted and members allocated to each party from a list according to their percentage of the vote.
- At the general election after the votes have determined the MPs by simple majority, the votes would be recounted determining the total votes across the whole country for each party. Members are then allocated to each party from a list according to their percentage of votes cast.
The reason the UK still retains an appointed House of Lords is that although it is clearly undemocratic it works. In particular the large number of cross bench peers would be impossible to achieve in most electoral systems. Appointment may refer to a number of things, including the following: An appointment is a time reserved for something such as a doctor visit, much like a reservation. ...
- A panel chosen by the Prime Minister or via Noland procedures appoints the members of the House
Indirect Election/appointment - A variety of institutions such as the Royal Society, Charities etc. are able to elect or appoint a member
Hereditary A large number of hereditary peers were cross benchers with a wide range of interests outside politics which was a valuable asset to the House. Unfortunately, their inherent bias toward the conservative party and bias on other issues means few now support this form of selection. - A hereditary House of Lords where members pass on their right.
No House - Some maintain that there is no need for an Upper chamber.
A New Name A variety of names have been proposed for the new chamber: - House of Lords
- Senate
- Second Chamber
- Upper Chamber
See also Sortition is the method of random selection, particularly in relation to the selection of decision makers. ...
An election is a decision making process whereby people vote for preferred political candidates or parties to act as representatives in government. ...
Appointment may refer to a number of things, including the following: An appointment is a time reserved for something such as a doctor visit, much like a reservation. ...
This article is about the British House of Lords. ...
External Links - Official Information on Lords Reform
- Allot - Campaign for a House of Lords democratically appointed by citizen's jury
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