In March, the House of Commons voted in favour of reforming the House of Lords making it either wholly or 80% elected. In March too, Justice Secretary Jack Straw announced the a draft bill to reform the Lords would be published within weeks. Only one problem. The first March was in 2007 and the second 2010. Three
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 15th Mar 2010 (via libdemvoice.org)
Reform of the House of Lords is Labour's "unfinished business" after 12 years in power Jack Straw the Justice Secretary will admit today.
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Telegraph on 26th Aug 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Lord Mandelson's possible escape route from the House of Lords to the Commons is to be blocked by Jack Straw, justice secretary, in a move that could dash any prospect of the first secretary becoming Labour leader
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FT on 26th Aug 2009 (via traxfer.ft.com)
The number of peers sitting in the House of Lords is to be slashed from 735 to only 400 under proposals to be announced by Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary.
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Telegraph on 15th Jul 2008 (via telegraph.co.uk)
The House of Commons returns on Monday to the thorny issue of House of Lords reform. As every attempt over the past 30 years has ended in failure, surely now is the time to begin a new approach that sees the Lords not as a rival to the Commons, but as the body representing the different interests of the nation?
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Telegraph on 26th Jun 2011 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
Elected members of the reformed House of Lords could be limited to serving 15year terms Jack Straw the Justice Secretary has suggested.
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Telegraph on 26th Aug 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Labour politics this coming Monday looks like being a battle of the Straws, Jack and his up-and-coming political son, Will (whom Jack shopped to the police in the days when he was Home Secretary, for selling cannabis). Around 4.30pm on Monday, the Justice Secretary Jack Straw is due to unveil his long-expected Bill of Rights and Responsibilities to the House of Commons. And then two hours later in...
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MichaelCrick on 20th Mar 2009 (via bbc.co.uk)
Whilst the News of the World scandal has drawn virtually all of the attention, the clock has started ticking on the work of the Joint Select Committee on the Draft House of Lords Reform Bill. Comprising twenty six members appointed from both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, it is charged with
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 15th Jul 2011 (via libdemvoice.org)
Justice Secretary Jack Straw is planning to reform the House of Lords in an attempt to restore public faith in Parliament.
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BBCPolitics on 1st Feb 2009 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
Justice secretary Jack Straw is looking into proposals which could see peers expelled from the House of Lords.
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PoliticsCoUk on 1st Feb 2009 (via politics.co.uk)
The public disgust at the Stygian Stables that is Parliament, has propelled Jack Straw (is this a bit of panic methinks) to rush through Legislation to flush the House of Lords through, of convicted criminals, tax evaders and corrupt peers that frame our Laws. We need a Constitutional Court to deal with the House of Commons as well.
