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Responses to the Consultation Paper

Constitutional Reform: next steps for the House of Lords

April 2004

Background Information

Published here is the full text version of responses received to the Government's consultation paper 'Constitutional Reform: next steps for the House of Lords'.

Where possible, all responses considered by the Department and included in the consultation response summaries are available. Those responses not published are being withheld on the grounds of copyright, libel or confidentiality.

The responses are listed alphabetically.If you have difficulties finding an entry, however, you may wish to use the "Ctrl" and "F" keys (hold both keys down at the same time) which opens a facility where you can search for key words.

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African and Caribbean Evangelical Alliance [61kb]
Aetheling Allen [70kb]
David Allen [44kb]
Allot (organisation campaigning for a more democratic second chamber) [361kb]
Robin Anderson [18kb]
M F Archer [42kb]
Maureen Armstrong [67kb]
Simon Atrill [983kb]
D. R. Attwell [44kb]
George P Avery [89kb]
Mrs P Bain [40kb]
Dr Nicholas DJ Baldwin FRSA [52kb]
Mark Ballard MSP [48kb]
Bar Council Law Reform Committee [230kb]
Bar Council of Northern Ireland [43kb]
Adrian Barham [211kb]
Elie C Bassouls [75kb]
Gavin Baylis [248kb]
Tim Baynes [53kb]
Brian Bean [200kb]
Nigel Beard MP [44kb]
Martyn Bebb [14kb]
John Bennett [96kb]
Allan Berry [14kb]
Mr Blacklidge [221kb]
Board of Deputies of British Jews [78kb]
C H Bohling [97kb]
William Boocock [28kb]
Roger Boswell [30kb]
S P Bowers [159kb]
Lord Bowness [196kb]
Fabian Breckels [26kb]
British Humanist Association [251kb]
British Muslim Research Centre [74kb]
Laurinda Brown [20kb]
Pete Browning [122kb]
Buckinghamshire Federation of Women's Institutes [36kb]
Dr E A Burkitt [28kb]
Peter Butler [56kb]
Campaign for the English Regions [231kb]
Mr G Campbell-Smith [43kb]
John Cartwright [66kb]
Catholic Bishops conference [86kb]
Lord Chalfont (on behalf of a group of 7 cross-bench Peers) [432kb]
Anne-Carole Chamier [35kb]
Terence Chapman [21kb]
Charter 88 (Norwich & mid Norfolk branch) [35kb]
Charter 88 (Sutton group) [75kb]
Church of England (Archbishops of Canterbury and York) [171kb]
W J Clary [32kb]
Lewis Cligman [62kb]
Dane Clouston [89kb]
Lord Cobbold [138kb]
Mr Coldham [22kb]
Lord Coleraine [57kb]
Richard Collins [219kb]
Constitution Unit (University College London) [1278kb]
Mr JE & Mrs DM Cooke [30kb]
Dave Coomber [41kb]
Cornwall Federation of Women's Institutes [47kb]
Terry Coulson [20kb]
Henry Cox [305kb]
Dr Noel Cox [189kb]
Anthony Crackett [242kb]
Lord Craig of Radley [66kb]
Alan D Crowhurst [57kb]
R C Dales [24kb]
David Damant [260kb]
Anne Davies [132kb]
Professor John A Davis MD FRCP [79kb]
Dr Sheila Day [21kb]
Rodolph De Salis [280kb]
T Dommett [42kb]
Dr Joan Draper [46kb]
Mr B E Driscoll [29kb]
Owen Dumpleton [115kb]
Dr David W Dyke [66kb]
Alexander R Egerton [41kb]
Bryan Ellis [382kb]
Dr Mary P English [46kb]
Equal Opportunities Commission [384kb]
Evangelical Alliance [47kb]
Tom and Elizabeth Evans [21kb]
Mr T A Evans [21kb]
Faculty of Advocates [77kb]
Fawcett Society [152kb]
Dr M A Fazal [152kb]
J C Robin Fennell [68kb]
Professor the Baroness Finlay of Llandaff [221kb]
David Finnsmore Hill [27kb]
D Fox [797kb]
Mr K C Fraser [57kb]
Free Churches Group [353kb]
Judith and Ruth French [139kb]
Michael J Frost [102kb]
Anne Galbraith [22kb]
Philip Gates [31kb]
Sir Nicholas Goodison [124kb]
Lord Gordon [252kb]
Julian Gould [122kb]
John Graham [48kb]
Rosalind Graham Hunt [24kb]
Peter Gray [27kb]
William Gray [145kb]
David Green [137kb]
Andrew Greenhalgh [34kb]
Green Party [40kb]
Ruth Hadman [114kb]
Delia Haldane [948kb]
John Hall [24kb]
Richard Hall [99kb]
Wayne Hall [34kb]
Stephen Hardy [21kb]
Ross Harley [91kb]
Michael Haseler [46kb]
Michael Haskell [108kb]
J A Hedgecoch [60kb]
Hereditary Peerage Association [49kb]
Dr Ray Heyworth [36kb]
David Hill [34kb]
Brenda Hinks [266kb]
Frank Hooley [80kb]
David Houseley [222kb]
David M Hunt [42kb]
R J Jarrett [80kb]
Ranil M Jayawardena [229kb]
Mark Jenner [132kb]
Cliff Johnson [26kb]
Clive B Johnson [47kb]
Ross Johnson [234kb]
Adrian H Jones [104kb]
Peter Jowitt [15kb]
Matthias Kelly [149kb]
A R Kennard [43kb]
Jason Kitcat [25kb]
Alan Knight [107kb]
Labour Women's Network [55kb]
Carol Lamb [21kb]
Ian Lang [38kb]
Law Society of Scotland [208kb]
Michael Leahy [202kb]
Amy Lesley [63kb]
Professor Lewis Lesley [23kb]
Francis Harvey Little [22kb]
John R Lucas [254kb]
Lord Lucas of Crudwell and Dingwall [251kb]
Susan Maclean [49kb]
Tom MacLean [337kb]
Dr Nikki MacLeod [22kb]
Chris Martin [26kb]
Dinah May [23kb]
Alan Mayes [64kb]
Peter McCallion [109kb]
Eryl McNally MEP [34kb]
Howard Millbank [16kb]
Rowland Morgan [218kb]
Charles Myhill [101kb]
National Secular Society [1123kb]
National Spiritual Assembly of Baha'is [59kb]
Linda J Neale [48kb]
Network of Buddhist Organisations [62kb]
John Newham [42kb]
William Norman [56kb]
Robin Orton [40kb]
Fred Ottey [43kb]
Sir Dick Pantlin [24kb]
John Parfitt [30kb]
David Parkin [29kb]
Richard Philips [129kb]
Reverend Postlethwaite [61kb]
Professor John Radford [45kb]
Lord Renton [220kb]
Edward Rhodes [189kb]
O J Rich [43kb]
Lord Rix [124kb]
Dr Paul Robertshaw [39kb]
David Robins [105kb]
Royal Society of Chemistry [152kb]
David Santamaria [81kb]
Jack Saunders [30kb]
Scottish Executive [258kb]
Vicky Seddon [52kb]
Donald Shell [171kb]
Professor N Sheppard [47kb]
Luke Slater [32kb]
John Smallwood [155kb]
Reverend Cecil Smith [72kb]
Jane Smith [96kb]
K. J. Smith [21kb]
Martin Stepek [24kb]
Mary-Ann Stephenson [95kb]
R. L. Stephenson [47kb]
Richard Stobart [187kb]
Stony Stratford Women's Institute [22kb]
Dr George Sudbury [69kb]
Robert Sykes [33kb]
Mark Taha [30kb]
David Taylor [95kb]
William S Taylor [78kb]
Steve Taylorson [1323kb]
J M Thomason [114kb]
Titchfield Abbey Women's Institute [111kb]
Leonard Tivey [79kb]
E Tozer [143kb]
John Turnbull [32kb]
Mark Turnbull [48kb]
Edward A Vickerman [34kb]
Lord Vinson [50kb]
R Walpole [59kb]
Dr M Watt [22kb]
Robert & Winifred Watt [12kb]
Dr Robert Welding [147kb]
Matthew West [315kb]
Mrs Wilkinson [64kb]
Allan Wisbey [95kb]
John Wymer [76kb]
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