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Government 'contempt' over rushed Lords reforms

Written by Keith Hall and published in 24dash.com on Wed 26th Apr 2006

The Government was tonight accused of behaving in a "contemptible" manner and seeking to rush through moves towards Lords reform.

The accusation came from Tory former Cabinet minister Lord Forsyth of Drumlean who protested that ministers were attempting to speed the setting up of a joint Commons and Lords committee to meet their timetable.

The row erupted after Lords Leader Baroness Amos asked peers to back a Government call for the committee to publish a report by July 21 on codifying Lords' conventions.

This was backed by 179 to 95, a Government majority of 84, but not before peers on all sides questioned the need for a committee and protested that the timetable was too rushed.

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