Draft a memorandum to the government evaluating the merits and demerits of differing reform options for the composition and powers of the House of Lords

... Bhupinder Kaur Kaler Group M Draft a memorandum to the government evaluating the merits and demerits of differing reform options for the composition and powers of the House of Lords. Most liberal democracies have bicameral legislatures, or legislatures with two 'chambers' or 'houses'. In the United Kingdom, the second chamber, the Upper House - or House of Lords - is currently an unelected chamber, which has judicial, leglislative, scrutinising and debating functions. It is a forum for reflection and for second thoughts on prospective policies and legislation. It provides for a diffusion rather than a concentration of parliamentary powers. It provides a valuable role for the revision of legislation which has passed through the lower house, this revision is greatly significant at times where the Lower House has a very strong majority, as it does now, or when the Commons have used methods to curtail debate. The scrutiny and amendment of

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