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Old 01-02-2009, 20:41   #80
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Re: Lordy Lordy

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Originally Posted by Robert Owen View Post
Andrew A Government has a program of legislation that it has put to the country and received a mandate for. If some part of that legislation the Lords doesn't like, the Lords will do all in its power to stop the legislation being adopted.
It does not have the power to stop it being adopted though. The government, with its mandate, can refuse to listen to the Lords. It is the government, the House of Commons, which has the ultimate power of decision and legislation and does not need the Lords to agree.
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