Everyone seems to think we are in for quite a light legislative session after Easter. We will not know for sure until after the Queen’s Speech in June, but what are blogs for if not to speculate! One big issue which will plainly pre-occupy quite a lot of MPs’ time is the labyrinthine ‘hybrid Bill’…
God is love. He is invisible but transcendant; that is, in glorious perfection. He is also immanent , that is , totally present in the universe which He created. God so loved the world, his creation and his human creatures, that he sent His only-beloved Son to live and die as man, for all humanity. …
is “International Day for Street Children”. Street children are defined as those who spend the majority of their time on the streets, sometimes begging, sometimes working, sometimes smoking pot or sniffing glue, sometimes in petty crime. The cause is often loss of one, or both, parents, or just extreme poverty, in countries with no welfare…
The issue of press regulation came back again when on 2 April Baroness Hollins asked a question about what progress had been made in establishing a new system of regulation in the year since the Royal Charter was agreed. From the floor of the House there was almost unanimous support for what are regarded as the…
I give below a link to the text of a message from my friend, the Rev Shay Cullen. He has been for many years a missionary on the largest of the Philippine islands. He has a splendid reecord of rescuing and rehabilitating children and young people trapped in prostitution, or at risk of abuse. He has…
The House of Lords has a strong commitment to outreach and engagement. This includes the ‘Peers in Schools’ programme as well as this blog, a unique collaboration of members drawn from different parts of the House. The House also publishes a range of literature to explain what it does and to provide data on its…
It is so rare that the words “consensus” and “Lords reform” appear in the same sentence that I must report immediately on a very informative discussion in a House committee room on Tuesday evening. Billed as “The Steel Bill and Beyond “ this featured first a dialogue between Dr Meg Russell (of the Constitution Unit…
