This week’s quiz is again a straightforward one, asking readers to identify particular members of the House. It will be interesting to see if participants can produce answers as quickly as they did last week. As usual, the first two readers to supply the correct answers will be the winners. 1. I am a former…
It is just coming up to 11.00 p.m. on Wednesday. The House is still on Report stage of the Academies Bill. We have just had a vote on one of the amendments. It is always possible that there may be more before Report stage is completed later this evening. Then again, given that the Opposition…
Lord McNally, the Justice Minister, yesterday repeated the statement – made in the Commons by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg – on constitutional reform. Rather like Nick Clegg, he attracted some critical questions. This is hardly surprising given the scope of what is proposed. There will be one Bill covering the equalisation of constituency boundaries,…
This week the quiz is a straightforward one to identify particular members of the House of Lords. As this blog has variously noted, the House is notable for the range of its membership. As usual, the first two readers to supply the correct answers will be the winners. 1. The House of Lords has just…
Among the best speeches in yesterday’s debate on Lords reform were those made by Lord Cope of Berkeley on the Conservative benches, Lord Walton of Detchant on the cross-benches and Lord Rooker on the Labour benches. Lord Rooker drew on his experience in both Houses, including as a minister. One of his most telling observations was: “After…
