Peer plan setback.
PLANS to elect up to a fifth of the House of Lords are set to anger Tony Blair.The Royal Commission, which will report on the second chamber's future next month, wants to beef up peer power.
The PM, who is not obliged to accept all its recommendations, wants all 500 peers appointed to prevent Commons power being undermined.
The Commission is expected to recommend peers keep powers to delay Commons legis- lation for up to a year.
Lord Strathclyde, Tory leader in the Lords, said: "What we are seeing is a Tony Blair power grab."
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| Author: | Hardy, James |
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| Publication: | The Mirror (London, England) |
| Date: | Nov 1, 1999 |
| Words: | 96 |
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