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• Let us abolish the House of Lords

  
  Robert Kyriakides's Weblog — Authority: 128
  There are many things wrong with the British Constitution. The constituencies for the house of commons are not even of equal approximate size, there is an unfairness and imbalance which enables the Scots and the Labour Party to have an unfair and unelected advantage over the other parties, the system is unfair to ...
  7 hours ago

• How valuable are peers?

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 966
  Telegraph View: The House of Lords is a vital resource, and its members need to be fairly rewarded
  18 hours ago

• Taxing bankers bonuses does not breach their human rights

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Committee of MPs and peers concludes that new tax is compatible with European law When it emerged that Alistair Darling was planning to announce a tax on bankers bonuses in the pre-budget report, some figures in the City seemed to think that their human rights were about to be infringed. Bill Dodwell, the head of ...
  22 hours ago

• Letters: Royal mail

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Your front-page article (17 December) is far too critical of Prince Charless letter writing. Surely its a positive thing that he continues to engage in the epistolary art, and if the contents of his letters are a little quirky, then that too is the traditional prerogative of the letter writer. Keith Flett ...
  1 day ago

• From the archive: Hanging ends by order of the Lords

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Originally published on 19 December 1969 There will be no more hanging in Britain. The Lords last night followed the Commons in passing a motion to perpetuate the Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act, and a cheer that was almost a shout rose from the abolitionists. Their lordships do not cheer easily, and there ...
  3 days ago

• Senators, Thanks For Reminding Us Why We Don’t Like You

  
  The LA Progressive — Authority: 482
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• Yesterday in parliament

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  16 December session Copenhagen World leaders are facing an "uphill task" to reach agreement on tackling climate change in Copenhagen, the government insisted. Harriet Harman, the leader of the Commons, standing in for the prime minister, who is at the talks, said legally binding targets were required to combat ...
  5 days ago

• From the archive: Conservative attacks on the Crown

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Originally published on 17 December 1910 The Peers friends do not grow in grace under defeat. The ant-hill being kicked over, the ants run to and fro, butting each other and improvising the wildest rival plans for putting the hill together again. Perhaps the most graceless of these improvisations was presented in ...
  5 days ago

• Yesterday in parliament

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  15 December session Defence Bob Ainsworth, the defence secretary, announced swingeing cuts in military personnel and equipment to fund a £900m boost for the Afghanistan campaign. RAF Cottesmore in Rutland will close and two Royal Navy vessels will be withdrawn. The number of civilians working in the MoD will be ...
  6 days ago

• A peers guide to affordable London hotels

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Members of the House of Lords can only claim £140 a night for accommodation. What are their best options? In a debate in the House of Lords, peers have expressed outrage at plans to review their expenses. Lord Palmer, a cross-bencher, was horrified by plans to cap hotel bills at £140 a night – which, he said, ...
  6 days ago

• My lords, its time to retire | Martin Bell

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Peers have reacted with disgust at cuts in perks; perhaps a reduction through mandatory retirement would be preferable? At the height of the MPs expenses scandal , I happened to be chatting to a policeman on duty outside the House of Lords. A couple of young Australian tourists came up and asked him: "Excuse me, is ...
  6 days ago

• TUC WELCOMES CIVIL PARTNERSHIP RULING

  
  Gay London videos and news, gay interviews, gay clubbing, gay health, gay comment and gay views on HOMOVISION.TV Gay TV, gay London videos and news, gay interviews, gay clubbing, gay health, gay comment and gay views on HOMOVISION.TV — Authority: 135
  The TUC today welcomed the decision of the Court of Appeal to reject the appeal by Lillian Ladele against the decision that her employer, the London Borough of Islington, had not discriminated against her when it refused to allow her not to register civil partnerships.Lillian Ladele had asserted that she had the right ...
  1 week ago

• Yesterday in parliament

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  December 14 session Afghanistan The prime minister announced a £150m package to tackle roadside bombs in Afghanistan. After his visit to the war zone, Gordon Brown told MPs there would be an extra £10m for hand-held mine detectors. Brown also confirmed a package of long-term investment in dealing with improvised ...
  1 week ago

• McNally on the Lords: “it must not just be for the rich, the retired and the London-based”

  
  Liberal Democrat Voice — Authority: 508
  The report of the Senior Salaries Review Body was being debated in the House of Lords on Monday – and Lord (Tom) McNally was there to put forward the Lib Dem view that, whatever and however peers are paid, the second chamber becomes a place which is open to those of all backgrounds, income and geography. The Lib ...
  1 week ago

• Life peer gender imbalance

  
  TD Blog — Authority: 130
  The granting of titles to life peers has a gender imbalance . When a man becomes a peer, his wife automatically becomes a Lady. But when a woman becomes a peer, her husband remains a Mr. One mildly amusing outcome of this is the statement from various female peers that booking into a hotel added a “certain ...
  1 week ago

• Coalition calls on Lords to reject religious exemptions in Equality Bill

  
  PinkNews.co.uk — Authority: 679
  A coalition of liberal religious and social justice groups is calling on the House of Lords to reject religious opt-outs from the Equality Bill. The bill is scheduled for its second reading in the Lords tomorrow.
  1 week ago

• COALITION OPPOSES RELGIOUS EXEMPTION FROM EQUALITY BILL

  
  Gay London videos and news, gay interviews, gay clubbing, gay health, gay comment and gay views on HOMOVISION.TV Gay TV, gay London videos and news, gay interviews, gay clubbing, gay health, gay comment and gay views on HOMOVISION.TV — Authority: 135
  A coalition of UK faith-based and non-religious social justice organisations, civic groups, trades unions and professional associations is calling on the House of Lords to reject wide exemptions for religious organizations at its second reading of the Equality Bill on 15 December 2010.Founder-member Maria Exall from ...
  1 week ago

• The Robing Room

  
  Washminster — Authority: 128
  Last week I attended a Hansard Society meeting held in the Robing Room of the House of Lords. This magnificant room is where the Queen is robed before she walks through the Royal Gallery, the Princes Chamber, and into the Chamber of the House of Lords. There she delivers the Queens Speech which marks the start of a ...
  1 week ago

• Putting the House of Lords in order | Helene Hayman

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Self-regulation must achieve high standards of openness and accountability if the public is to have faith in the second chamber To say that we need to rebuild public trust and confidence in parliament has become a cliche, but that does not stop the task being one of overwhelming importance. The public contempt ...
  1 week ago

• Climategate reaches the British House of Lords

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  House of Lords, 8 December 2009: Lord Turnbull: My Lords, on first reading the Committee on Climate Change’s latest progress report, I found it an impressive document. It was broad in scope and very detailed. But the more I dug into it the more troubled I became. Below the surface there are serious questions about ...
  1 week ago

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