The 8th April debate is now also on the following site.

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200203/cmstand/d/cmlicen.htm

The following from Gerry Milne is interesting -

Bills introduced by the Government in the House of Commons are usually part of their election manifesto. In other words, this is what they were elected to do and such Bills cannot be blocked by the non-elected House of Lords.

However, the Government cannot claim that Bills introduced by the House of Lords were part of that manifesto. The Parliament Act was introduced to prevent the Lords obstructing the will of the elected Commons. That was the priority: the Act does not allow for the Commons obstructing the will of the Lords, possibly because the Lords would never have approved the Parliament Act if it did.


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Gerry Milne
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