I don't see the need for a referendum on reforming the House of Lords: this was in the Tory & Lib Dem manifestos, so they already have a mandate for it.
I hated the very idea of the House of Lords when I was younger.
... However, during the reign of Tony Blair, I grew to like and respect the House of Lords, thanks to the way it often kept New Labour's nonsense in check.
I do think we should move away from an upper house with membership based on privilege, but I think it must still retain the power to block legislation passed by the Commons.
We need to see the full proposals to see what it actually meant by "these included making it clear that the new-look Lords could not block legislation passed by the House of Commons". Will it be like at the moment, where the Parliament Act can be used to stop the House of Lords blocking legislation, or will they change it so that the new upper house can *never* block legislation without the Commons needing the Parliament Act?
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Originally Posted by tizmeinnit
The thing is the electorate never get a referendum on anything worth having one on. In fact I honestly can not ever remember being asked to vote on one full stop
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We had a referendum last year on changing the voting system...