Congratulations to Len and JH who are the winners of the previous quiz. They offered very full answers. For this quiz, I have jettisoned the questions I was going to set – I’ll use them next time – and opted instead for a single and somewhat topical question. Given that the press is now part…
On Wednesday, the House will be invited to approve the motion appointing the peers who are to serve on the Joint Committee on the draft House of Lords Reform Bill. The names of the nominees in both Houses have now been published. I have listed them here. The natute of the measure has resulted in…
There are six candidates to succeed Baroness Hayman as Lord Speaker. They are: Lord Colwyn (Con), Lord Desai (Lab), Baroness D’Souza (cross-bench), Lord Goodlad (Con), Baroness Harris of Richmond (Lib Dem), and Lord Redesdale (Lib Dem). Each has issued an election address (limited to 75 words). Three (Colwyn, Desai and Redesdale) stress the self-regulating nature…
I had planned to do a post on last week’s two-day debate on the Government’s White Paper and draft Bill on the future of the House of Lords, but decided that as others had already covered it, your interest may already have been satisfied. I did speak in the debate – I had the good…
Congratulations to Len and danfilson who were the winners of the last quiz. The latter gave an extremely good list of members of the House of Lords who were medically qualified. For this quiz we focus on academics and civil servants. As usual, the first two readers to supply the correct answers will be the winners. 1. Name at…
