OFFICE OF LORD CHANCELLOR

Early day motion 961, tabled 10 March 1998 by Robert Marshall-Andrews (Labour). Signed by 104 members.

That this House welcomes the Government's intention to reform the House of Lords; and urges the Government to include in that reform a fundamental review of the executive role of the Lord Chancellor with a view to that role being undertaken by a Secretary of State for Justice within a Department of Justice, answerably directly to the House of Commons.

Signatures by party: Labour 65, Liberal Democrat 34, Labour/Co-operative 4, Unknown 1.