Monthly Archives: December 2020

What Can Be Done About The Size Of The House of Lords?

Posted on December 29, 2020 by jasonloch

The Lord Speaker, Lord Fowler, has come under some fire for expressing concern over Boris Johnson’s decision to appoint a new batch of 16 peers. While some have questioned the propriety of his intervention, he was right to raise the … Continue reading →

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Why Is The Queen ‘Duke Of Lancaster’?

Posted on December 14, 2020 by jasonloch

I’ve discussed the Duchy of Lancaster elsewhere on this blog, but today I’m going to delve a bit deeper into its history, with a particular focus on why the Queen is considered the Duke of Lancaster. It’s a complicated and … Continue reading →

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The Perplexities Of The Royal Prerogative

Posted on December 2, 2020 by jasonloch

Yesterday’s reveal of a draft bill to repeal the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 has led to quite a bit of academic debate about the nature of the power set out in clause 2(1). Is it a revived prerogative power? A … Continue reading →

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Government Unveils Bill To Repeal The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011

Posted on December 1, 2020 by jasonloch

The Government today unveiled a draft bill to repeal the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011. If the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (Repeal) Bill becomes law, the UK will go back to the pre-2011 arrangement where the Queen dissolves Parliament at the … Continue reading →

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