In response to a post by Baroness d’Souza, Bedd Gelert makes the valid point that it is difficult to know who members are. Hence, there is a problem in seeking to communicate with them. As he mentions, there is now http://www.theyworkforyou.com which provides information on the activity of individual parliamentarians. It is a valuable site,…
The number of peers signed up to speak in Tuesday’s Second Reading debate on the European Union (Amendment) Bill has fluctuated over recent days between 70 and 80 but now stands at 75. The Bill itself is a short eight-clause Bill, primarily (through Clause 2) incorporating the Treaty of Lisbon into the list of treaties contained in the European…
Some forthcoming debates worthy of note: Next Tuesday (1 April), the House will be debating the second reading – the debate on principle – of the European Union (Amendment) Bill to give effect to the Lisbon Treaty. So far, there are 71 peers signed up to speak. Unusually, in order to accommodate that number of speakers, the House will…
I will be speaking in a debate in Grand Committee in the Lords later today. How do I know I will be speaking? Don’t I have to catch the eye of the Speaker or whoever is presiding, as in the Commons? The answer is no. Unlike the Commons, the Lords is a self-regulating chamber. The Lord…
The next hearing of the Intergovernmental Organisations Select Committee will be on Wednesday 26th March at 3.30pm. The hearing is open to the public as usual. Our witness will be Dr Scott Dowell, Director of the Global Disease Detection Program of the US Centre for Disease Control in Atlanta, USA. http://www.cdc.gov/ The evidence will be taken…
