[garinda]

Originally Posted by andrewb

Again, the Lords does not have the power you seem to think. The Commons is elected, and accountable to the electorate. They're the body that hold ultimate decision making power, and they can overrule any amendment suggested by the Lords.

We don't need an elected second chamber because the body with ultimate decision making power, is ultimately accountable to us, the people. When government make decisions we know exactly how to remove them if we disagree.

A new law allowing the age of consent for homosexuals in Britain to be reduced from 18 to 16 has been forced through Parliament.

The Speaker told MPs that the rarely used Parliament Act had been invoked to get the measure onto the statute book.

It is only the fourth time since World War One that the Parliament Act has been used.

On this occasion it is against the background of bitter opposition from the House of Lords

Ministers were entitled to use the special powers granted under the Parliament Act after the measure was approved twice in the Commons, but blocked in the Lords

But Baroness Young, the former Tory minister who has led the Lords campaign against the Bill, said the government's decision was "a constitutional outrage".

BBC News | UK POLITICS | Gay consent at 16 becomes law

Just one of the example of the archaic, and immoral second chamber trying to block the elected Commons.

Happily on this occasion they were prevented from doing so, after a long struggle, and basic human rights regarding equality were passed.