Ban for autistic female teenager after transgender comment is condemned in House of Lords
Lord Triesman, the former FA chairman, denounces county that charged teenage footballer, saying ‘she has been treated in a ...
Ian Botham's daughter defends him after 'aggressive attack' about his House of Lords attendance
Sarah Botham's comments come after Lord Foulkes of Cumnock accused the former cricketer of not attending the chamber because ...
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MPs to consider call to remove Church of England bishops from House of Lords
The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill seeks to deliver on Labour ... the parliamentary session in which they turn 80 and ...
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Why we need to urgently reform the House of Lords
The House of Lords, the UK’s second parliamentary chamber, is primarily a revising chamber and urges the government of the day to rethink some aspects of its proposed legislation. However, it is ...
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MPs back end of House of Lords hereditary peers
MPs have backed plans to get rid of all hereditary peers from the House of Lords. A bill making its way through Parliament ...
Botham’s daughter rallies to his defence over ‘aggressive’ Lords no-show jibe
Sarah Botham points out her peerage parent ‘always stated he would not be clocking in simply to get his allowance’ ...
SNP MP calls for House of Lords to be abolished
Donors and “cronies” should be removed from the House of Lords, an SNP MP has said, as he called for the upper chamber to be ...
Prisoners held on indefinite terms should have sentences reviewed, peers told
Lord Tony Woodley says people still being held on abolished Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences are subjected to miscarriages of justice.
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Removal of hereditary peers from House of Lords step closer after vote
The House of Lords has more than 800 members with almost ... make "significantly bigger contributions than quite a lot of life peers". READ MORE: Police investigate 'hate incident' at Carlisle ...