Category Archives: Baroness Deech

Season of Immobility

03/09/2010 – 12:10 am

I have just come back from France on Eurostar and was mightily relieved that there were no breakdowns.  I only relax once the train has gone through the tunnel.  I had read that there were to be disruptions due to a dispute about who waves the train off from Paris, but it all went smoothly.  Now [...]

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Full House

23/08/2010 – 4:18 pm

I am glad that Baroness Murphy has taken on the issue of reducing the numbers sitting in the Lords.  I have already made a submission to the committee reviewing this, and, like her, have great respect for Lord Hunt.  He has worked in my own field, regulation of lawyers, and produced a very sensible report [...]

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Big Brother House

06/08/2010 – 10:33 pm

Quite the silliest idea yet for reforming the Lords was reported in the Times last week.  It suggested that the peers with the lowest attendance records should be listed and voted out by other peers.  The parallel with Big Brother is obvious, and at first I thought it was an April Fool, save that it [...]

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Summer jobs

30/07/2010 – 10:27 pm

The recess has begun, and from past experience I know how quickly it will pass.  I continue to commute to London for my other job, regulating barristers, but there is one job I need to complete this summer in relation to Parliamentary business.  With an MP, I am setting up a new All Party Parliamentary [...]

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Lords and Ladies in Red

17/07/2010 – 11:13 pm

Recently there have been debates and seminars about reform of the procedure and governance of the House of Lords.  Many serious issues, such as the composition of committees, the scrutiny of bills and so on, have been examined.  On a lighter note, it was queried whether peers should still wear the  familiar scarlet robes (dating [...]

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