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Excerpt from Reform in Parliamentary Business: House of Lords As the Lords are now constituted, they do not so much legislate as register, and Often with a bad grace, the decrees of the House of Commons. But a Second Chamber should do more than record the resolutions of the First it should complete and harmonise the whole Of legislation. In order to do this it must be capable Of a lively and intelligent sympathy with the nation at large; and we cannot too often repeat that the creation of this sympathy should be the reformer's prime Object. In the solution of our present problem let us begin by trying to conceive clearly the ends which should be sub served by a Second Chamber. We shall then be able to see how far the House of Lords at present attains those ends, and how far it stands in need of reform. Roughly speaking, the ends for which a Second Chamber should exist are three. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This publication contains the Standing Orders of the House of Lords which set out information on the procedure and working of the House, under a range of headings including: Lords and the manner of their introduction; excepted hereditary peers; the Speaker; general observances; debates; arrangement of business; bills; divisions; committees; parliamentary papers; public petitions; privilege; making or suspending of Standing Orders.

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The introduction of the Bill to remove hereditary peers from the second chamber of the British Houses of Parliament could lead to a major constitutional clash. This book sets out the arguments surrounding the issue.