House Magazine

October 20, 2003
The House Magazine
Issue No.1057 | Vol.28
October 20, 2003
Issue No.1057 | Vol.28
The House Magazine
Contents
Cardiff View

Plaid's new double act
Clive Betts reports on how the four main parties are bedding down in the new 30-30 split Assembly
Clive Betts

Cobbett's corner

Time to get real

Chris Moncrieff

Committee Corridor

Getting to grips with Cancún collapse
Joe Kimble reports on Patricia Hewitt's appearance before the Trade and Industry Select Committee
Joe Kimble

Commons Gallery

NI deadline passes amid recrimination
Craig Hoy rounds up the week's key moments in the Commons
Craig Hoy

Constitutional affairs

Extending the vision of justice for all
Lord Falconer explains why the government is embarking on a programme of radical judicial and constitutional reform
Lord Falconer of Thoroton

Democracy threatened
Who governs the UK and how? Bill Cash gives a Conservative view of the Department for Constitutional Affairs
Bill Cash

Presentational problems
Peter Riddell analyses the detail of the government's proposed judicial and constitutional changes
Peter Riddell

Constitutional Affairs

Missed Opportunity
The government may be thinking along the right lines in its plans for constitutional reform but the detail is half-baked and consultation insufficient, says David Heath
David Heath

Territorial battles
Robert Hazell discusses the implications for the devolved regions of the establishment of the new Department for Constitutional Affairs
Robert Hazell

Council of Europe

Reassuring reactions
Lord Judd reports back from summer meetings of the Council of Europe and the American Committee for Peace in Chechnya
Lord Judd

Criminal justice bill

Putting the sense back into sentencing
Baroness Scotland explains how new sentencing measures have the potential to improve the criminal justice system
Baroness Scotland

Criminal Justice bill

Distraction from failure
Dominic Grieve says the government's criminal justice legislation does not sufficiently get to grips with crime
Dominic Grieve

Effective community punishment
New sentencing ideas like custody-plus will only work in practice if the probation service is strengthened, says Mark Oaten
Mark Oaten

Aiding the search for truth
Peter Neyroud argues that juries should be trusted with information on previous convictions
Peter Neyroud

Lords Diary

Philippine adventure
Baroness Strange returns from Manila to a House in sombre mood
Baroness Strange

Lords Gallery

'IN VIEW OF THE LATENESS OF THE HOUR'
Andrew Evans reports on the week's major developments in the Lords
Andrew Evans

Week in Westminster

Silly season gets serious
From afar, Michael Brown takes stock of the Tories' most recent troubles
Michael Brown