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Constitution of the United Kingdom - What options face the Commission on what to recommend about conventions, and which course of action would be preferable?
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Essay A A (hypothetical) Constitutional Commission is considering how (if at all) constitutional conventions might be incorporated into the draft of a new Constitution of the United Kingdom. What options face the Commission on what to recommend about conventions, and which course of action would be preferable? At present in the United Kingdom there is no single codified constitution. A Constitution sets out the fundamental law in a state, and is basically a set of 'rules' by which to abide. In 2001 the House of Lords set up a 'Select Committee on the Constitution' who defined a constitution as being, 'The set of laws, rules and practices that create the basic institutions of the state, and its component and related parts, and stipulate the powers of those institutions and the relationship between the different institutions and between those institutions and the individual.'1 The introduction of such a written, codified constitution would...
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