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| Source | Date | Author | Headline (Link) | Quote |
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| The Guardian | 3 August 2005 | Michael White | MPs face new row on Lords reform | Senior ministers are bracing themselves for a fresh showdown if the law lords endorse a ruling challenging the government's power to overrule the upper house.
So concerned are some members of the cabinet about remarks made in the court of appeal, that Geoff Hoon, the leader of the Commons, wrote to colleagues this month warning them of potential trouble ahead, it emerged yesterday. |
| Financial Times | 2 August 2005 | Cathy Newman and James Blitz | Hoon warns legal dispute could affect rights of Commons | Cabinet ministers are being warned of a looming constitutional crisis that could pitch the government's legislative programme into turmoil.
Geoff Hoon, leader of the House of Commons, has written to cabinet colleagues warning that a law lords judgment due in the autumn could limit MPs' rights to push important legislation through the House of Lords, unpicking a constitutional settlement that has its origins in the 1689 bill of rights. One recipient of the letter told the FT that Mr Hoon warned that a legal dispute about the hunting ban had "raised serious constitutional questions fundamentally affecting the rights of the House of Commons". |
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