Papers on the Royal Commission on the Reform of the House of Lords (Wakeham Papers), 1999

The collection consists of material relating to the 1999 Royal Commission on the Reform of the House of Lords ("A house for the future", Cm.4534).

Its remit was: "Having regard to the need to maintain the position of the House of Commons as the pre-eminent chamber of Parliament and taking particular account of the present nature of the constitutional settlement, including the newly devolved institutions, the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 and developing relations with the European Union: to consider and make recommendations on the role and functions of the second chamber; to make recommendations on the method or combination of methods of composition required to constitute a second chamber fit for that role and those functions; to report by 31 December 1999."

The Commission consisted of Lord Wakeham (chair), Baroness Dean, Lord Butler, Professor Dawn Oliver, Professor Anthony King, Bill Morris, Kenneth Munro, Lord Hurd, Sir Michael Wheeler-Booth, Ann Beynon, Gerald Kaufman MP and Richard Harries, Bishop of Oxford.

By boxes as follows: 1/1-4, 2/5-9, 3/10-12, 4/13-15, 5/16-20, 6/21-24, 7/25-28, 8/29-33, 9/34-37, 10/38-41, 11/42-44, 12/45-47, 13/48-51.

By prior appointment only. Application in writing (letter or email) to the Assistant Librarian (Archives). See Nuffield College Archives location page for more details.

The handlist for the Royal Commission on the Reform of the House of Lords collection can be found [online] Link: https://www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/library/special-collection-and-archives/archive/

The collection was deposited in the Library by Lord Hurd in April 2000.