Consultation on an alternative second chamber

Motion Text

That this House calls on the Government to support the House of Lords (Alternative Second Chamber) Bill [HL] and begin an inclusive national conversation to replace the House of Lords with a representative alternative second chamber; urges the Government to undertake a consultation with the devolved governments, representatives of English local government, experts in constitutional reform and the public; believes that this consultation should begin within six months of the Bill receiving Royal Assent, last for at least 12 weeks and include deliberative forms of public engagement; further believes that proposals for an alternative second chamber should explain how it would represent the regions and nations of the United Kingdom; and further calls for the publication of the consultation proposals, a summary of responses and the Government’s response, and for those documents to be laid before Parliament.