The House of Lords does need reform – but not Gordon Brown's half-baked plans
An elected chamber would lose much of what makes the institution valuable
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An elected chamber would lose much of what makes the institution valuable
Congressional leadership needs to streamline the legislativeprocess for homeland security as part of the rules process.Establishing authorizing standing committees on homeland securitywould enable the new Department of Homeland Security to work withone central committee in each chamber.
The House sits down with retiring MP Trevor Mallard for an insider's view of the tactics and strategy of Parliament, of what has changed, and what still should.
Streamlining the legislative process for homeland security must beone of Congress's top priorities. Failure to do so will putat risk both the new department and future homeland securityefforts.
Facing MPs for only her third PMQs, she said she would up-rate pensions in line with last month’s inflation rate of 10.1 pc