I thought I would pose a quick and straightforward quiz question. Depending on how quickly it is answered, I may post another over the course of the weekend.
How many women have held the post of Leader of the House of Lords? Who are they?
There have been 5 so far:
Baroness Young
Baroness Jay of Paddington
Baroness Amos
Baroness Ashton of Upholland
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
Steph
25/04/2009 at 11:14 am
Lady Young (First Female leader of the House of Lords)
Lady Jay of Paddington
Lady Amos
Lady Ashton of Upholland
Lady Royall of Blaisdon (Incumbent)
Steph x
Croft
25/04/2009 at 1:15 pm
Lady Royall of Blaisdon
Lady Ashton of Upholland
Lady Amos
Lady Jay of Paddington
Lady Young
lordnorton
26/04/2009 at 11:58 am
Congratulations to Rob, Steph and Croft on identifying the correct number and names. Rob emerges as this week’s winner, getting in just ahead of Steph.
Baroness Young was indeed the first female Leader of the House of Lords. We have since had four female Leaders; indeed, having a female Leader of the House has been the norm since 1997. There has only been one male Leader of the House in that time.
I thought I would pose a quick and straightforward quiz question. Depending on how quickly it is answered, I may post another over the course of the weekend.
There have been 5 so far:
Baroness Young
Baroness Jay of Paddington
Baroness Amos
Baroness Ashton of Upholland
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
Lady Young (First Female leader of the House of Lords)
Lady Jay of Paddington
Lady Amos
Lady Ashton of Upholland
Lady Royall of Blaisdon (Incumbent)
Steph x
Lady Royall of Blaisdon
Lady Ashton of Upholland
Lady Amos
Lady Jay of Paddington
Lady Young
Congratulations to Rob, Steph and Croft on identifying the correct number and names. Rob emerges as this week’s winner, getting in just ahead of Steph.
Baroness Young was indeed the first female Leader of the House of Lords. We have since had four female Leaders; indeed, having a female Leader of the House has been the norm since 1997. There has only been one male Leader of the House in that time.