Michael Howard and William Hague float options to assert primacy of House of Commons following government’s tax credits defeat in the LordsThe government could extend the Parliament Act or let MPs own the final say on blocked legislation after the House of Lords delayed George Osborne’s tax credit cuts,senior Conservative peers own suggested.
Michael Howard, a former party leader, and William Hague,the former foreign secretary, both floated ways of asserting the primacy of the House of Commons after the government launched a review of the relationship between the chambers.
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Source: theguardian.com