Titlebook: House of Lords Reform Since 1911; Must the Lords Go? Peter Dorey,Alexandra Kelso Book 2011 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publ

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,Crossman can’t Convince his Colleagues: The 1969 Parliament (No. 2) Bill, its MPs that the 1949 Parliament Act had halved the Second Chamber’s power of delay. The party still abhorred the hereditary component in the House of Lords, especially as the vast majority of these were Conservatives, but having reduced the Second Chamber’s veto power, many Labour MPs seemed conte

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,Out with the Hereditary Peers — or most of them: The 1999 House of Lords Act and Beyond,us about returning to the issue so soon afterwards. The Conservatives were returned to office in 1970 led by Edward Heath, and the troubling economic and political climate of the 1970s meant that there was little appetite among either main party for pursuing a new initiative for reforming the Second

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Conclusion: A Constant Constitutional Conundrum,ly stalled political processes. A few snapshots of the House of Lords at the beginning and end of our story reveal the extent of change which has taken place. The Second Chamber began the twentieth century as a hereditary body; by its end, it was a predominantly appointed one. At the start of the tw

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978-1-349-32271-8Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2011

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Book 2011Examines the debates and developments about House of Lords reform since 1911, and notes that disagreements have occurred within, as well as between, the main political parties and governments throughout this time. It draws attention to how various proposals for reform have raised a wider range constitutional and political problems.

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