The House of Commons was sitting last week and again this week. It has been busy with the Second Readings of the Government’s two major constitutional measures (the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill and the Fixed-Term Parliaments Bill). The House of Lords is not sitting, but the fact that MPs are in session has…
Having previously posted a picture of my desk in the Lords, I thought it may be helpful to give a view of the office as a whole. Here is an action shot, showing three of my colleagues at work. From the left: Baroness Fookes, Baroness O’Cathain and Baroness Knight. Not all colleagues were in that…
My colleague, Baroness O’Cathain, has just returned from observing elections in Azerbaijan. She was conscious that the security of voting was better than in the UK. However, what struck her especially was the fact the election day was a national holiday. That prompts the question: is that something we should be contemplating? I know that studies have…
