Tag Archives: Baroness Shephard

Strengthening the House

Lord Norton 25/02/2010 – 8:19 pm

As mentioned in an earlier post, I was successful in the ballot for a Thursday debate and my motion - to call attention to the case for enhancing the means available to the House of Lords to scrutinise legislation and public policy - occupied the the first of today's two debates.  The debate was notable for the quality as well as the quantity of speakers.  They included all three party leader […]

Quality of debate

Lord Norton 15/01/2009 – 7:12 pm

The first debate in the House today was a three-hour debate, introduced by former Education Secretary, Baroness Shephard of Northwold, on the functioning of Children's Services Departments. I took part in the debate.  It is not one of my principal areas of interest, but I was interested in one particular aspect. Under the Government's proposals for post-legislative review, the Children Act 2004 […]