Lord Carter, the Labour former government chief whip, said the potential for legislative "gridlock" between the new Lords and the Commons had not been looked at.
He is being replaced by Lord Hill who is new to the Lords but old to politics.
Unless Britain moves to a fully federal system, therefore, the Bundesrat is unlikely to prove much of a model for a new House of Lords.
Mr Hague's position was that this deal failed to meet Tory objections that the Blair reforms were not clear on what the new House of Lords would look like.
These include whether the remaining bits of two-tier local government should be merged into a single tier, whether London's model a 12-member assembly plus elected mayor is the right one for the regions, and how regional assemblies would fit with a new House of Lords.
They are calling for an immediate moratorium on new appointments, a new cap so that the Lords never has more than 750 members, a new mechanism that would allow peers to retire, and fresh curbs on the power of a prime minister to appoint so many peers in the first place.
Tensions exist even within New Europe Lords Owen and Healey have a long history of mutual disdain.
As Mayor of New York City, Bloomberg lords over the media, finance and fashion capital of the U.S.--and arguably the world.
That is why another change announced by Mr Blair, the removal of the Law Lords from the House of Lords to a new Supreme Court, also makes sense.
Four years ago, I accompanied another parliamentary committee (this time from the House of Lords) to New York to hear evidence from Murdoch and other proprietors for an inquiry on media ownership.
LONDON, England (Reuters) -- The House of Lords has backed new government rules to allow limited cloning of human embryos, though religious leaders from across the spectrum urged them to oppose the measures.
It is only the second time the House of Lords has used a new power granted under the Lisbon Treaty, which allows objections from parliaments on the grounds of "subsidiarity".
Levelling up still happens, and just as in an orthodox Lords Management game each new level offers a skill point which can be placed in one of three available skills.
Alternatively, the Commons can use its powers to present a bill originating in the House of Commons for Royal Assent after one year and in a new session, even if the Lords' objections are maintained.
But with the threatened creation of a new lobbyful of Labour peers, the Lords' future ability to influence the government looks in question.
And by that stage the new peers in the interim House of Lords will have grown comfortable in their ermine, and could be reluctant to make way for a reformed chamber.
New restrictions on the powers of the Lords were introduced in the 1949 Parliament Act which reduced the time peers could delay a bill from two years over three parliamentary sessions to one year over two parliamentary sessions.
That means scrapping the House of Lords and replacing it with a new, elected second chamber.
Peers have urged the government to show restraint in appointing new peers, complaining that the House of Lords is becoming too crowded.
BBC: House of Lords: Peers warn against influx of new members
But as the Mexican cartels face new obstacles from law enforcement, local drug lords are now positioning themselves more strongly in Central America as shipments via land have become their primary choice of drug distribution.
The reason the Scottish Secretary is planning to unveil his approach this week is because the Scotland Bill - which gives the Scottish Parliament some new powers - returns to the House of Lords in a couple of weeks.
Shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan pointed out that 117 new peers had been appointed to the House of Lords since May 2010.
Perhaps people should be banned from the Lords (or whatever we call the new house) if they have represented, ran as a representative of, or contributed financially to, any of the political parties.
Lord Sugar, who finished reading his witness statement to the hearing on Thursday, said he had spoken about a "new wave of claim culture" in the House of Lords.
Leaving aside the question of what Parliament will do for the next few months, given the gaping hole in the legislative programme left by the demise of Lords reform, I wonder how many other new ministers will be seeking to re-write live legislation.
He promised to bring forward a new approach, which will be debated in the House of Lords when the Growth and Infrastructure Bill returns there on Monday.
On the other hand, talking of American influences, England's new Supreme Court delighted him, because it removed the law lords from the possible taint of politics at Westminster.
Having got (and lost) their referendum, Conservatives expected the Lib Dems to stick to their side of the deal and vote through the boundary changes - but Lib Dem MPs, infuriated by the way the Conservatives fought that referendum, with a personalised campaign against Nick Clegg, and by the subsequent defeat of Lords reform, are now attempting to block the new boundaries, with the enthusiastic backing of Labour.
Others may get seats in the new Scottish and Welsh legislatures, or in a reformed House of Lords.
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