Quote Originally Posted by InsaneApache
Having said that, Mr. 'control freak' Bliar might not like a chamber that could rival him and his government. Mind you, would he notice as he's hardly in Parliament these days ...hahahaha
Yep. At the moment Blair uses the 'it was passed in the elected house argument' to try to force laws through the upper house if the Lords are hostile to them. With a proportionally elected upper house, this argument would no longer work and Blair might have to actually compromise on something.

I would like to see the members of the lower house elected with the single transferable vote system, representing constituencies like they do now. Proportional representation could be used in the upper house.