Tag Archives: MEPs

MEPs to have Lords passes only

Lord Norton 17/06/2010 – 9:57 am

UK Members of the European Parliament were previously entitled to have parliamentary passes so that they could meet with parliamentarians and not have to keep queuing in order to get into the Palace of Westminster.   Last year, the Commons decided that this privilege should be withdrawn.  As parliamentary passes cover the parliamentary estate, the House Committee in the Lords recommended that w […]

Mental health and Parliament

Lord Norton 20/07/2008 – 9:11 pm

According to The Sunday Times, the Government is planning to change the law so that people who have had certain mental health problems and are presently barred from being elected to Parliament can stand for election.  People who have been sectioned under the Mental Health Act are barred from standing even if they have made a full recovery. The Government's proposals strike me as eminently sens […]