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Constitutional renewal starts at home

Baroness Murphy 31/01/2010 – 1:33 pm

I was the only woman to speak in Lord Tyler’s debate on constitutional renewal last Thursday, and characteristically perhaps for a woman I looked at the domestic governance arrangements inside the House which I observe do not serve well the business of the House. The House is unable to respond swiftly and effectively to crises as we saw during the expenses debacle. We do not adhere to the fu […]

Written at 1:33 pm on 31/01/2010, by Baroness Murphy


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Bonfire of the Vanities

Lord Soley 16/10/2009 – 7:34 pm

175 years ago today the Houses of Parliament were burnt to the ground. The great fire of 1834 destroyed much of beauty but resulted in Barry's now world famous Houses of Parliament. To read the story go to: http://www.parliament.uk/about/podcasts/1834fire.cfm I'm surprised that Lord Norton hadn't put this in as a quiz question!

Written at 7:34 pm on 16/10/2009, by Lord Soley


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Are the Lords listening?

Hansard Society 15/07/2009 – 10:54 am

After all the dreadful stories in the past months about Parliament, I'm very pleased to bring you a piece of good news today! As many of you will know, our Information Committee has been carrying out an inquiry into how the House of Lords and Parliament as a whole can engage with the public and enable members of the public to communicate with it. And today we publish our report Are the Lords lis […]

Written at 10:54 am on 15/07/2009, by Hansard Society


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People and Parliament: an update

Hansard Society 12/06/2009 – 11:06 am

As Chairman of the Lords Information Committee, I want to tell you how we have got on in our Inquiry on "How can we improve the relations between Parliament and the Public?". Obviously, this is now a sixty-four dollar question. Since we started in March we've received many many comments from people. We're now having a one hour debate in the Lords this coming Tuesday evening, 16 June, on this subj […]

Written at 11:06 am on 12/06/2009, by Hansard Society


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Constitutional reform is not the answer

Lord Norton 01/06/2009 – 11:25 pm

A number of politicians have rushed in to argue that constitutional reform - be it proportional representation or an elected second chamber - is the answer to the current crisis.  The logic of their argument is far from clear.  The crisis is one of confidence in our political class, not in our basic constitutional framework.  If letters in the press and blog comments are anything to go by, man […]

Written at 11:25 pm on 01/06/2009, by Lord Norton


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