The debate in both Houses yesterday, when the Government came forward with its White Paper and draft Bill for Lords Reform, concentrated to a large and understandable extent on the relationship between the Commons and Lords. This morning I’ve been watching the discussion in the Lords Constitution Committee, where Members questioned the Deputy Prime Minister…
I was very interested to see Lord Soley’s blog headed “Historic Wrecks”, which could surely be an apposite description of several of us in the House of Lords. I was, however, relieved to see that he was not making any specific personal references. When I bumped into him in the Division lobby last night, I…
Anticipating the sequence of bank holidays has created a demob happy atmosphere in the Lords. Not an acceptance that life peers will soon be gone after the Coaltiion’s package of Lords reform, but a more temporary jollity. I came in to my office to find two e-mails, one inviting me to a session of Lords…
You may remember that when I was reporting on a Grand Committee debate in the Moses Room, I asked the Minister whether or not his waste regulations, chasing us all to be more responsible recyclers, was printed on recycled paper. Lord Henley, a self-confessed “waste nerd”, admitted he didn’t know but has now been kind…
One of my fellow bloggers – or even more likely, one of our regular contributors/commentators – may be able to prove me wrong, but I don’t recall much, if any, discussion of the work we do in the “Moses Room”. This is where the “Grand Committee” meets, under a huge picture of Moses handing over…
