For this week’s quiz, have a look at The Work of the House of Lords 2007-08. The front cover has four pictures, three of them showing a front bencher speaking. This week’s questions are: 1. In the picture on the left, who is the minister at the dispatch box? 2. In the third picture, who…
This week’s quiz is on peers who have previously sat in the House of Commons. The House has just under 180 members who have been MPs. As usual, the first two readers to supply the correct answers will be the winners. 1. I am a former Labour minister who later became leader of the SDP…
For this week’s quiz, I was tempted to ask which well known television quiz programme, broadcast last night, asserted that Michael Martin was the first Speaker of the House of Commons to be forced out of office since 1695. (Oh dear.) Anyway, here are this week’s questions. As usual, the first two readers to supply…
This week’s quiz is on the Lords Spiritual. When I give a talk on the Lords, one of the questions most frequently asked is about the role of the Archbishops and Bishops in the Lords. (The other most frequently asked question is: ‘How do you become a Lord?’) As usual, the first two readers to…
A few straightforward questions this week. As usual, the first two readers to supply the correct answers will be the winners. 1. When a new peer is introduced into the House of Lords, he or she is accompanied by two other peers (supporters) and which official? 2. Which two rooms lie between the Robing Room…
