TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dorey,Peter
AU  - Kelso,Alexandra
ED  - ProQuest (Firm),
TI  - House of Lords reform since 1911: must the Lords go? 
SN  - 9780230306929
PY  - 2011///
CY  - London
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Parliament
KW  - House of Lords
KW  - Reform
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Legislative bodies
KW  - History
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Electronic book available via the Ebook Central platform.; Introduction -- Firing the first shots: the 1911 Parliament Act and the inter-war initiatives -- Labour learns the complexities of Lords reform: the 1949 Parliament Act -- Pouring new wine into the old bottle: the 1958 Life Peerages Act -- A right of renunciation: the 1963 Peerage Act -- Crossman can't convince his colleagues: the 1969 Parliament (No. 2) Bill -- Out with the hereditary peers - or most of them: the 1999 House of Lords Act and beyond -- Conclusion: a constant constitutional conundrum; Also available in print.
N2  - Examines 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
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/parliamentuk/detail.action?docID=686618
ER  -