I am on an interview panel (for Thouron scholarships) throughout today and tomorrow, so I thought I would post this weekend’s quiz questions this morning. The questions are on women peers. 1. Who is the youngest female peer sitting on the Conservative benches? 2. Who is the youngest female peer sitting on the Labour benches? 3.…
This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the passage of the Life Peerages Act 1958. There will be various events to mark the anniversary. Before 1958, the House was comprised primarily, though not exclusively, of hereditary peers. The exceptions were the Lords Spiritual and the law lords. The law lords were (under an Act of…
