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The House of Lords and Devolution: Already a Chamber of the Nations and Regions?

Adam Evans

Political Quarterly2026https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-923x.70055article
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When it published its report in 2022, one of the main recommendations of the Brown Commission, established by the Labour Party to examine the future governance of the UK, was for the replacement of the House of Lords with an ‘assembly of the nations and regions’. This was the most detailed contribution to a long‐running debate about Lords reform which has suggested giving a more territorial focus and/or guaranteed representation in the second chamber. However, there has been less focus on the extent to which the House of Lords as it currently stands already acts as a chamber for, if not of, the nations and regions. This article explores the extent to which the Lords can currently be said to act as a chamber with a commitment to, and expertise in, the UK's territorial constitution post‐devolution.

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@article{adam2026,
  title        = {{The House of Lords and Devolution: Already a Chamber of the Nations and Regions?}},
  author       = {Adam Evans},
  journal      = {Political Quarterly},
  year         = {2026},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-923x.70055},
}

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F · citation impact0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20
M · momentum0.50 × 0.15 = 0.07
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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