Tag Archives: House of Lords reform

Stirring up apathy….

Lord Norton 22/11/2011 – 5:10 pm

I was at a symposium this morning on the Parliament Act 1911.  I spoke on the historical background to the Act.  One of the points that I made, repeating what I said in my History of Parliament lecture, is that there was very little public interest in the issue of the second chamber as such during the period from 1909 to 1911.  What happened to the House of Lords in terms of the Parliament Bil […]

Written at 5:10 pm on 22/11/2011, by Lord Norton

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The question of reform

Lord Norton 26/06/2011 – 8:23 pm

I had planned to do a post on last week's two-day debate on the Government's White Paper and draft Bill on the future of the House of Lords, but decided that as others had already covered it, your interest may already have been satisfied.  I did speak in the debate - I had the good fortune to be the first speaker on the second day - and anyone wanting to read what I said can do so here. Tomorr […]

Written at 8:23 pm on 26/06/2011, by Lord Norton

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A fox in the House of Lords

Lord Rennard 24/06/2011 – 12:43 pm

My first posting on “Lords of the blog” comes a day after an uninvited visitor was sighted in the red carpeted corridors of the Lords.  A fox “broke in” to the House somewhere near the Speaker’s apartments and pest control had to be called in.  This happens occasionally.  I think that a fox was once filmed in the chamber.  The pest control people are more used to dealing with the f […]

Written at 12:43 pm on 24/06/2011, by Lord Rennard

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Pricey Peers

Lord Lipsey 22/06/2011 – 4:31 pm

Some people are for turning the House of Lords from an appointed to an elected House of Lords, and some are against. The arguments bat to and fro; but one has so far received virtually no attention: the cost of the government’s proposals for election.  In the first five years reform could end up costing £433million, according to my detailed calculations. That’s enough for 80,000 hip replacem […]

Written at 4:31 pm on 22/06/2011, by Lord Lipsey

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Half way through the Marathon

Baroness Murphy 22/06/2011 – 10:26 am

104 speakers listed and a generous time allocation of 9 minutes, I had been looking forward to the first day of the two day debate on the White Paper on House of Lords Reform. There were no new arguments but some of the old ones were elegantly put and some were wonderfully passionate. Read it at http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201011/ldhansrd/text/110621-0001.htm#11062140000433. Lo […]

Written at 10:26 am on 22/06/2011, by Baroness Murphy

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