There are six candidates to succeed Baroness Hayman as Lord Speaker. They are: Lord Colwyn (Con), Lord Desai (Lab), Baroness D’Souza (cross-bench), Lord Goodlad (Con), Baroness Harris of Richmond (Lib Dem), and Lord Redesdale (Lib Dem). Each has issued an election address (limited to 75 words). Three (Colwyn, Desai and Redesdale) stress the self-regulating nature…
A running theme through conversations with my peers this week has been about the working practices of the Lords. Partly this came out of discussions with new peers on Monday, but Lord Goodlad’s working group on the subject has now asked for submissions and Lord Adonis has a challenging article in this week’s House Magazine.…
Baroness Murphy mentions that there were behind the scenes discussions concerning the Henry VIII powers embodied in the Banking Bill. I can confirm that there were, as I was involved in them. The Constitution Committee published a report drawing attention to the Henry VIII powers embodied in the Bill. Though recognising there were occasions when…
