Comments on: Question Time http://lordsoftheblog.net/2008/04/22/question-time/ Life and Work in the House of Lords Mon, 21 May 2012 08:48:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Tory Boy http://lordsoftheblog.net/2008/04/22/question-time/comment-page-1/#comment-586 Tory Boy Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:25:21 +0000 http://lordsoftheblog.wordpress.com/?p=264#comment-586 The Lords Speaker should have more power to preside over Question Time. Due to simply she has a better view of the house and is impartial. Instead of the mess which come out of question time with peers shouting “speaker” and reluctantly Baroness Ashton intervenes to suggest who should speak. The Lords Speaker should have more power to preside over Question Time. Due to simply she has a better view of the house and is impartial. Instead of the mess which come out of question time with peers shouting “speaker” and reluctantly Baroness Ashton intervenes to suggest who should speak.

]]> By: lordnorton http://lordsoftheblog.net/2008/04/22/question-time/comment-page-1/#comment-585 lordnorton Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:09:34 +0000 http://lordsoftheblog.wordpress.com/?p=264#comment-585 Whips answering for a particular Department usually sit in on ministerial team meetings and are fully briefed in preparation for answering a question. There are advatanges in having departmental ministers answer - they are more fully engaged with the Department - but the differences are probably not as great as you might imagine. Most ministers in the Lords are junior ministers, so cannot make any commitments, unless authorised by the Secretary of State. Whips answering for a particular Department usually sit in on ministerial team meetings and are fully briefed in preparation for answering a question. There are advatanges in having departmental ministers answer – they are more fully engaged with the Department – but the differences are probably not as great as you might imagine. Most ministers in the Lords are junior ministers, so cannot make any commitments, unless authorised by the Secretary of State.

]]> By: James Holden http://lordsoftheblog.net/2008/04/22/question-time/comment-page-1/#comment-584 James Holden Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:49:02 +0000 http://lordsoftheblog.wordpress.com/?p=264#comment-584 Lord Norton, Do you think it's a weakness that the Government Peers answering on behalf of a particular department do not necessarily hold ministerial office within that department? Lord Norton,

Do you think it’s a weakness that the Government Peers answering on behalf of a particular department do not necessarily hold ministerial office within that department?

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