You will have heard on the BBC that peers have reached a deal to end the filibuster relating to the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill. You may not have realised that the deal was brokered by the crossbenchers, led by our Convenor, Baroness d’Souza. After taking the sense from all sides of what would move…
It has been reported in the papers today that tomorrow will see the announcement of 50 new peers, chosen to give the Coalition a majority in the Lords. By the time you read this, the names may have been announced. I hope they will not all be donors to the major parties. Reflecting on Baroness…
In the debate on Members Leaving the House, referred to in Lord Tyler’s recent blog (Exit Routes 2) Lord Hunt of Kings Heath referred to the fact that voting by crossbenchers was, in his word, “limited”. (http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201011/ldhansrd/text/101116-0001.htm#10111631000356). While our benches protested in a mild kind of way with an “Oh!”, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath…
