Tag Archives: South Africa

Out of Africa

Baroness Deech 03/01/2010 – 9:55 pm

I am spending the new year break in Cape Town.  I have a deep interest in and affection for South Africa, having been a trustee of the Rhodes Scholarships and of the Mandela-Rhodes Foundation.  The Rhodes Scholarships bring American, S. African and other commonwealth graduates to Oxford - but the Mandela-Rhodes Foundation returns some of Cecil Rhodes' legacy to S. Africa by supporting students t […]

Creating a second chamber

Lord Norton 22/08/2008 – 8:46 am

I have spent the past few days in Switzerland advising members of the Iraqi Constitutional Review Committee on the establishment of a second chamber.  Agreement has been reached on creating a second chamber. The committee has responsibility for recommending the form it take. My role has essentially been twofold.  One has been to explain the second chamber in the UK.  The House of Lord […]