Version 5 Constitutional Programme HTML Library
Integrated linked edition
Purpose
This is an offline, fully linked HTML edition of the Version 5 constitutional programme. It gathers the Constitution, the Commons Reform, the Lords Reform Paper, the Tax and Economics Paper, the control note and the pack index into one navigable library.
Common Law Constitution
The central instrument: ancient rights, public power under law, taxation by consent, habeas corpus, due process, sovereignty, Parliament, courts and public officers.
Commons Reform
The practical case for restoring the House of Commons as the nation’s board of accountability.
House of Lords Reform
The proposed elected constitutional chamber: longer terms, mid-term accountability and democratic restraint.
Tax and Economics
Financial stewardship, tax simplicity, broad ownership, market competition and resistance to corporatism.
Cross-Document Control Note
The guardrails for keeping the programme consistent as it develops.
Implementation Map
A practical cross-reference from principle to machinery and Standing Orders.
Controlling formula
Principle in the Constitution.
Machinery in Enabling Legislation.
Practice in Standing Orders.
Controlling test
Does the amendment strengthen the citizen’s ability to supervise government through Parliament, make public power more visible and redressable, and preserve the common-law character of the settlement?
Included reference material: the previous Common Law Constitution HTML library has been placed in reference/ for the source digest and concordance.