Outline the arguments for Parliamentary Reform.
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Outline the arguments for Parliamentary Reform It has been argued over the years, especially since Labour came into power, that the issue of parliamentary reform needs to be raised particularly in certain aspects concerning the House of Lords. Within the House of Commons there are two types of committee, they are official and unofficial and they can be further subdivided. The two principle types are the standing and select committees, though the house also makes use of a form of hybrid, know as special standing committees. When a Bill has received its second reading, it reaches the committee stage. The Bill is then sent to a standing committee who examine the details of a bill within the confines of the Bill's general principles which are approved at the second reading. Standing committees have been criticised for taking excessive time to carry out their work and because they operate on adversarial party lines....


