Create an elected Upper House of Parliament for single 15 year terms, with the explicit purpose of revising and improving (not vetoing) legislation initiated by HM Government in the House of Commons.
Abolish automatic appointment of bishops to the House of Lords.
Create an Upper House of Parliament which is selected from the population by lottery, with the explicit purpose of revising and improving (not vetoing) legislation initiated by HM Government in the House of Commons.
Investigate the feasibility of direct digital democracy - using online tools to gradually replace representative democracy with increased direct participation in the legislative process by all electors.
[^1]: Do we need a written constitution? - The Constitution Society
@philipjohn - over 9 years ago
Yep, it'd be good to get your thoughts on that @frabcus especially as it sounds like you've read Rebooting Democracy
If we pass #188, which I think we now can, I'll tweak and merge this one in as well so that @frabcus gets the benefit of a vote, seeing as he's basically proposed something that's been accepted. Is that reasonable?
@Floppy sounds good! I've left a comment on #188 that I think it should be adopted, but provisional to more research. I'm not sure how that should be expressed though?
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@frabcus - over 9 years ago
Another elected one doesn't really add anything - instead have a statistically properly representative second chamber. By randomly selecting members, it will be guaranteed to have the full range of all demographics in the country.
Removed sentence about Bishops, as it is implied by the more general reform.