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Dominating Question Time

Lord Norton 13/07/2010 – 12:27 pm

We had a very useful debate yesterday on the working practices of the House.  The debate was wide-ranging and enabled us to press the case for strengthening procedures for legislative and non-legislative scrutiny.   There were some good proposals advanced and broad support for enhancing pre and post-legislative scrutiny, as well as enabling Bills introduced in the Lords to be sent to an evidenc […]

Written at 12:27 pm on 13/07/2010, by Lord Norton


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Walking straight into it….

Lord Norton 29/06/2009 – 4:35 pm

In Question Time on Thursday, there was a question about taking steps to ensure that people over 60 are able to access the Internet.  Towards the end,  there was an interesting exchange: "Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate: My Lords, is my noble friend aware that, as a person over 60, I am continually bombarded with spam emails?  They are always the same and are usually about penile extensions, Vi […]

Written at 4:35 pm on 29/06/2009, by Lord Norton


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Question Time

Lord Norton 22/04/2008 – 9:05 pm

From Monday to Thursday, both Houses start business with Question Time.  However, there are five ways in which Question Time in the Lords differs from that in the House of Commons. First, Question Time in the Lords lasts for no more than thirty minutes, compared with nearly one hour in the Commons. Second, only a maximum of four Questions appear on the Order Paper, compared with 20-30 in the ca […]

Written at 9:05 pm on 22/04/2008, by Lord Norton


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