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Ministerial accountability

Lord Norton 19/01/2009 – 2:58 pm

Former Chancellor Kenneth Clarke has been appointed Shadow Business Secretary.  He will be the opposite number to Lord Mandelson.  However, he will not be facing Lord Mandelson as they sit in different chambers.  Lord Mandelson answers directly to peers and can be called to appear by committees in the Commons. Conversely, ministers in the Commons answer directly to MPs and can appear before sel […]

Written at 2:58 pm on 19/01/2009, by Lord Norton


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Mandy better than expected

Baroness Murphy 24/10/2008 – 4:54 pm

In an earlier blog I was rather dismissive of Lord Mandelson's appointment, I felt it reflected badly on Brown's judgement, a bit like McCain's choice of Sarah Palin reflects badly on his. I thought it a piece of calculating cynicism meant to appeal to Blairites which was bound to go wrong...and it probably will. But now I've seen Lord Mandelson in action in the Chamber I am beginning to under […]

Written at 4:54 pm on 24/10/2008, by Baroness Murphy


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Elevation of the Prince.

Lord Taylor of Warwick 20/10/2008 – 4:58 pm

At 2.30 pm last Monday the House of Lords Chamber was packed. It is normally full, in anticipation of ministerial questions but there was a particular reason why the noble lords were high in number. At 2.37 precisely, a new Peer Elect wafted into the chamber, to be elevated into the nobility. I had met him fifteen years ago in a BBC interview room. Peter Mandelson, the former Member of Parliament […]

Written at 4:58 pm on 20/10/2008, by Lord Taylor of Warwick


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It's Lord Mandelson

Lord Norton 16/10/2008 – 6:35 pm

Peter Mandelson was introduced into the House on Monday and made his maiden speech today.  He moved the Enterprise Act 2002 (Specification of Additional Section 58 Consideration) Order 2008, which may sound dull and technical but which was actually extremely important.  It provides the opportunity for the minister to intervene in the TSB/HBOS merger talks on grounds of public interest; the publ […]

Written at 6:35 pm on 16/10/2008, by Lord Norton


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