House of Lords Reform: Committee Membership

Baroness Jay of Paddington Excerpts

Tuesday 8th June 2010 Lords Chamber

[Lord Grenfell]

My Lords—

[Baroness Jay of Paddington]

My Lords—

[Baroness D'Souza]

My Lords—

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[Lord McNally]

My Lords, when we first meet I will draw those statements to the attention of the chairman, because they give a succinct work-in-progress for us.

[Baroness Jay of Paddington]

My Lords, given that the coalition has clearly set out the policy that it wants to see in terms of the Bill to be presented to both Houses of Parliament, what is the agenda, the remit, for this committee?

[Lord McNally]

The remit for the committee, taking into account what the Convener of the Cross Benches has just said, is to prepare a Bill. One of the great weaknesses of all our discussions over the past 10 years has been that no one has had a bone to chew on. We are going to produce a Bill.