The photograph was taken shortly after 8.00 a.m. this morning, with the Palace bathed in sunlight. It is a remarkable contrast with the same time last week. I have a two-mile walk in to the Palace and on that occasion the pavements were covered in thick ice for virtually the whole of the journey. Given that I…
Baroness Murphy mentions that there were behind the scenes discussions concerning the Henry VIII powers embodied in the Banking Bill. I can confirm that there were, as I was involved in them. The Constitution Committee published a report drawing attention to the Henry VIII powers embodied in the Bill. Though recognising there were occasions when…
The House sat yesterday to discuss developments in Gaza. As I mentioned in an earlier post, the debate had been postponed from an earlier date because of the large number of peers who have signed up to speak. A Friday sitting was arranged in order to enable a full debate to take place. There were…
For this weekend’s quiz, a couple of peers to identify: Peer 1 I have served as Chair of the Inner London Juvenile Court; I have served as Deputy Chair of the Equal Opportunities Commission; I have chaired the Broadcasting Standards Commission. Who am I? Peer 2: I served for many years as an administrator in…
The report of the Constitution Committee on Surveillance: Citizens and the State has now been published. A HTML version can be read here. It has attracted considerable media attention: it is the lead story in The Guardian and has been widely covered by the broadcast media, including the BBC. Given that the committee deals with…
