Sentence examples for for the second chamber from inspiring English sources

But because so many other bits of it are in flux, it will be hard to produce a definite blueprint for the second chamber quickly.

Meanwhile, Simon Jenkins looks wistfully back to the corporatism of Mussolini's Italy while others look even further back to Athens, and call for the second chamber to be appointed by lottery.

They also suspect that the planned voting system for the second chamber, which is more proportional than that for the Commons, would hand the Lib Dems the balance of power.

The motion granted a universal and equal franchise for the second chamber, a certain democratization of the first chamber, and proportional representation for elections to both chambers of the Riksdag.

He also raised the prospect of a compromise on the the plans, with a "smaller elected element" for the second chamber.

Lord Oakeshott, the Liberal Democrat peer who has campaigned for reform of the second chamber, said: "This farce re-emphasises the need to be able to disqualify permanently those people who are convicted of a serious offence.

The draft clauses also contain detailed proposals for the powers of the second chamber as a revising body subordinate to the powers of the Commons.

The first chamber's demand for rearmament, however, was impossible in view of the second chamber's demand for the abolition of the ground tax.

Open List System Labour's manifesto gives no details about how its proposed system for electing the second chamber would work, but presumably it would allow voters to list candidates in order of preference either within or across parties.

However good Mr Blair is at compartmentalisation, it is hard to believe that the work of the people he most depends upon such as his chief of staff, Jonathan Powell, whom the police may well interview again any day has not been affected.Next week the government is expected to publish a white paper setting out its proposals for reforming the second chamber.

I want to keep hold of my vote for the senate.' I responded that it's common for the second chambers in European democracies to be appointed, but he didn't care about that.