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The provisions of the Coalition’s agenda covering constitutional issues were embodied in section 24 of The Coalition: Our Programme for Government, entitled ‘Political Reform’ (HM Government, 2010: 26–7). The 27 bullet points included fixed-term five-year parliaments, a referendum on the introduction of the Alternative Vote (AV), reform of the House of Lords, legislation to provide for recall of MPs, and implementation of the Wright Committee recommendations for reform of the House of Commons.
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Norton, P., Thompson, L. (2015). Parliament and the Constitution: The Coalition in Conflict. In: Beech, M., Lee, S. (eds) The Conservative-Liberal Coalition. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137461377_9
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