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The quiz: drawing on history

Lord Norton 06/08/2011 – 10:30 am

The House of Lords has a long history, having íts origins in the kings's court that preceded the summoning of knights of the shires to court.  For this quiz, I thought I would pose some historical questions.  Feel free to have a guess if not too sure.  As usual, the first two readers to supply the correct answers will be the winners.  1.  There are five ranks of peerage (barons, viscount […]

Written at 10:30 am on 06/08/2011, by Lord Norton

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In Support of the iPad

Lord Knight 14/04/2011 – 12:21 pm

I completely disagree with Lord Lucas! I declare an interest as someone doing some work for Apple but I nevertheless bought my own iPad and love using it wherever I go - including the chamber. As a small light device it is much easier than the Parliamentary laptop or bundles of papers. I download PDFs of documents such as the Companion, photos of new peers, White papers, bills, explanatory notes […]

Written at 12:21 pm on 14/04/2011, by Lord Knight


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Sitting late

Lord Norton 21/12/2010 – 11:12 am

Yesterday was the sixth day in committee on the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill.  The Bill has not made rapid progress and yesterday consideration of the Bill was limited by the fact that there were two ministerial statements, an urgent question allowed in the Commons repeated as a statement, and a one-hour Question for Short Debate.  In order to make progress on the Bill, th […]

Written at 11:12 am on 21/12/2010, by Lord Norton


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An independent House

Lord Norton 13/07/2010 – 5:48 pm

Speaking in the debate on working practices last night, Lord Lucas made a point that he had already covered in one of his posts on this blog.  That is, the problem arising from having  a coalition with enough votes in the Lords to command a clear majority.  After 1999, no one party enjoyed a majority and the Liberal Democrats were de facto the swing voters.  "Now we are in a position where the […]

Written at 5:48 pm on 13/07/2010, by Lord Norton


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Lords reform

Lord Norton 09/06/2010 – 12:06 pm

Lord Lucas had a question down yesterday on the committee that has been established to draft a Bill for an elected second chamber.  The committee will comprise a mix of ministers and Opposition figures, though - unlike the committee created by Jack Straw - with no one from the cross benches.  There was an interesting exchange between the Archbishop of Canterbury and the minister, Lord McNally: […]

Written at 12:06 pm on 09/06/2010, by Lord Norton


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