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Questioning Secretaries of State

Lord Norton 16/12/2009 – 8:10 pm

The House yesterday agreed a report from the Procedure Committee recommending that, if there is a Secretary of State in the House, then on one Thursday every month, when the House is sitting, 15 minutes should be set aside for three oral questions to the Secretary of State immediately following the existing 30 minutes for oral questions.  Where there is more than one Secretary of State in the Hou […]

Written at 8:10 pm on 16/12/2009, by Lord Norton


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Cost of the House of Lords

Lord Norton 17/02/2009 – 1:41 pm

Some rather misleading figures have been bandied about in terms of the costs of the House of Lords, both in terms of the overall costs of the House and what allowances individual members may claim.  I may do a separate post commenting on costs, but in the interim I thought I would post a statement made on 28 January by the Chairman of Committees, Lord Brabazon, and which, as far as I am aware, di […]

Written at 1:41 pm on 17/02/2009, by Lord Norton


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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 […]

Written at 12:15 pm on 19/12/2008, by Lord Norton


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