Tag Archives: Information Committee

Guest blog: People and Parliament

Lord Renton of Mount Harry 18/03/2009 – 12:53 pm

When does a Blogger, talking about himself, turn into an Inquisitor asking lots of questions?  That is what I want to become. The Lords Information Committee, of which I am the proud chairman, is starting an inquiry this week in which we want to find out your thoughts about Parliament in general and the House of Lords in particular. We are calling it “People and Parliament”. We are asking […]

Debating Parliament and the public

Lord Norton 19/12/2008 – 12:15 pm

The debate on enhancing Parliament's ability to communicate with the public was held yesterday.  What was remarkable was the number of peers who contributed, not least given that it was the last debate before we rose for Christmas.  I gather it was the best supported debate prior to the Christmas recess since we began using Thursdays as our general debate days.  What was also notable was th […]