To what extent is the division between Sunni and Shia growing and can it be reversed?
Lord Norton
Baroness Miller of Hendon
I was very sad to hear of the death of Doreen Miller – Baroness Miller of Hendon – who died suddenly last Saturday, only days after her 81st birthday. Many parliamentarians have paid tribute to her work. She was a great champion of ensuring more women served in Parliament and faced some gruelling constituency selection processes. …
Lord Soley
Scottish Referendum
Scottish people living in the UK will become foreign citizens if Scotland votes for separation
Baroness Murphy
Debate on Iraq today!
Further to my last…..Sorry everyone, my previous post related to an old copy of the “Forthcoming Business” list and not the one that appeared this lunchtime. Grovelling apologies, there will be a debate TODAY on Iraq. ” Baroness Warsi to move that this House takes note of the security and political situation in Iraq.” Not…
Baroness Murphy
Iraq: anything to do with us?
I am often puzzled by the business agenda of the house. I have been keeping my eyes open for a debate to be tabled on the crisis in Iraq and what policy the UK should adopt in relation to the Isis/ Sunni insurgency heading for Bagdhad. There is no debate tabled. Instead we plod on…
Lord Holmes of Richmond
Guide dogs, like buses….
Last Autumn I was, as you would imagine, delighted, humbled and privileged to enter the House of Lords. Many people mention the miles of corridors and difficulty in determining direction or destination. Having been warned of this I turned up with my trusty guide dog, Lottie.It was only shortly before arriving that I learnt Lottie…
Lord Tyler
A better United Kingdom?
Yesterday’s debate on the constitutional implications of the Scottish independence referendum naturally highlighted the profound and shocking potential impacts of a ‘Yes’ vote on 18 September. However, there was a consistent theme – growing in intensity as the evening wore on – that there were important implications for the whole of the UK, whatever the…
Lord Norton
Quiz: Reform of the House of Lords
On Thursday, the House debated a report from the Labour Peers Working Group on Reform of the House of Lords. You can read the debate here. The quiz covers various reforms of the House. The first reader to supply the correct answer will win one of my recent publications. Jonathan, the winner of the last…
Lord Hodgson
Population does matter
The past week has seen the completion of the House of Lord’s debate on the Government’s programme for the period leading up to the General Election in May 2015. One overarching issue had little or no attention – an issue which will have a dramatic impact on every aspect of government policy – that is…