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Greg Pope · 26-01-2009, 17:13

Well said, Rindi. If people are guilty of taking money to influence legislation then we should throw the book at them; in the meantime, people are innocent until proven guilty so let's have a full and thorough investigation into it.

On Lords reform, it has been all but impossible. On a free vote MPs managed to vote down all eight options ranging from all elected to all appointed, with all the variations along the way. My personal view is that if we are to have an upper House at all it should have no more than 100 members, be all-elected and similar to the US Senate, but clearly not many MPs share my view!

26-01-2009, 17:13	#11
Greg Pope Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 65 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 0	Re: Lordy Lordy Well said, Rindi. If people are guilty of taking money to influence legislation then we should throw the book at them; in the meantime, people are innocent until proven guilty so let's have a full and thorough investigation into it. On Lords reform, it has been all but impossible. On a free vote MPs managed to vote down all eight options ranging from all elected to all appointed, with all the variations along the way. My personal view is that if we are to have an upper House at all it should have no more than 100 members, be all-elected and similar to the US Senate, but clearly not many MPs share my view!