?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=An+Appointed+Upper+House%3A+Lessons+from+Canada&rft.creator=Russell%2C+M&rft.description=The+abolition+of+hereditary+peers'+rights+will+leave+the+UK+with+a+wholly+appointed+transitional+upper+house.+The+second+stage+will+be+decided+only+after+a+Royal+Commission+has+reported.+This+briefing+looks+at+the+lessons+to+be+learned+from+the+only+other+wholly+appointed+upper+house+in+a+western+democracy%3A+the+Canadian+Senate.+Experience+from+Canada+suggests+that+without+proper+safeguards+there+could+be+high+levels+of+cynicism+about+the+transitional+appointed+house.+It+will+be+essential+to+reform+the+appointments+system+to+the+new+chamber%2C+and+to+ensure+that+momentum+is+kept+up+for+the+second+stage.+Despite+consensus+on+the+need+to+change%2C+the+Canadian+Senate+still+remains+unreformed+after+a+century+of+debate.+This+is+the+first+in+a+series+of+briefings+about+lessons+from+second+chambers+around+the+world.&rft.publisher=The+Constitution+Unit%2C+Department+of+Political+Science%2C+UCL&rft.date=1998-11&rft.type=Report&rft.source=++++(Constitution+Unit+Publications++29++).+The+Constitution+Unit%2C+Department+of+Political+Science%2C+UCL%3A+London%2C+UK.+++++&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F33992%2F1%2F33992.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F33992%2F&rft.rights=open