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Ask Lord Norton your questions on the Constitution
Described in The House Magazine - the journal of both Houses of Parliament - as ‘our greatest living expert on Parliament', Lord Norton is a world authority on matters of the UK constitution. With constitutional reform now very much back on the political agenda following the expenses scandal, here is your chance to put your questions to Lord Norton.
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Isn't it the very fact that the HoL is unelected that allows it to properly apply its reviewing and amending powers to legislation away from the populist pressures that MP's face? Surely turning the Lord's... Show more »Isn't it the very fact that the HoL is unelected that allows it to properly apply its reviewing and amending powers to legislation away from the populist pressures that MP's face? Surely turning the Lord's into a fully elected House would undermine its very function and turn it into another version of the Commons? Show less »
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