I see that in response to Lord Taylor’s recent post, Alex has commented: “there is no point to the house of lords – they are unelected and just use up our taxes. their only power is to delay bills by one year”. That completely misunderstands the House of Lords. The cost to the public purse…
I spoke last week to students at Franklin College, Grimsby, and to Hansard Society scholars in London on the British Constitution. The topic, as it tends to, generated a range of questions. Yesterday, I spoke on the role of the House of Lords to Y12 and Y13 students at Brackenhale School in Bracknell, Berkshire. What…
