The House of Lords
Feb. 28th, 2005 03:08 pmOn Friday, the report of the (left-wing) Cross-party group on Lords reform was published. The Cross-party group thinks that the new name for the Lords, once it has become an elected body, should be 'The Second Chamber', and the Lords would be referred to as 'members of the Second Chamber'.
I have two problems with this:
1. It sounds bad - too long, and inferior-sounding
2. There is no likelyhood of them changing the name of the Commons or Parliament, so we would have the Houses of Parliament, formed of the House of Commons, and the Second Chamber.
In my view, it needs to be something in the pattern of House of ..., to fit in with the rest of Parliamentary naming.
NB, In the report, House of Representatives and Senate were rejected as 'too American'.
So, here are some ideas of what we can call the Lords once they are elected, with a textbox to add anything I haven't put down.
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I have two problems with this:
1. It sounds bad - too long, and inferior-sounding
2. There is no likelyhood of them changing the name of the Commons or Parliament, so we would have the Houses of Parliament, formed of the House of Commons, and the Second Chamber.
In my view, it needs to be something in the pattern of House of ..., to fit in with the rest of Parliamentary naming.
NB, In the report, House of Representatives and Senate were rejected as 'too American'.
So, here are some ideas of what we can call the Lords once they are elected, with a textbox to add anything I haven't put down.
[Poll #445732]