The BBC’s admirable Mark D’Arcy has done a post on his blog about the pressure on resources in the Lords: “On the Turkeys/Early Christmas principle, a lot of peers instinctively oppose reform of the House of Lords, but there is one internal factor that may work in favour of change – it’s getting rather crowded in…
We have one Parliament but the Palace of Westminster houses two distinct institutions. The House of Commons has its own infrastucture (library, refreshment department, clerks) and so too does the House of Lords. When it was decided that there should be one parliamentary ICT department, an Act of Parliament was necessary to bring it into…
