Ben Bradshaw
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(13 years, 6 months ago)
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Charlie Elphicke (Dover) (Con)
4. What recent representations he has received on his proposals for House of Lords reform.
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter) (Lab)
5. What recent representations he has received on his proposals for reform of the House of Lords.
Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute) (LD)
11. What representations he has received on his plans for the future composition of the House of Lords.
Mr Bradshaw
From his conversations with the Prime Minister, how committed would the Deputy Prime Minister say the Prime Minister is to facing down his own Back Benchers and, if necessary, using the Parliament Act to get the reform through before the next election?
The Deputy Prime Minister
The Prime Minister gave an unambiguous answer to the question about the Parliament Act at Prime Minister’s questions last week. Not only was the commitment made by all three parties in their manifestos, but it is one that we entered unambiguously into the coalition agreement.