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The House of Lords has denied that a set of “informal” Progress Pride flags were removed from its canteen following a complaint. To mark Pride Month, the River Restaurant inside the House of Lords was ...
At 28, Carmen Smith is Britain’s youngest peer – and the only member of the House of Lords below 30. More Vinted than vintage tiara, her background as a young carer for her dad – who was ...
Lord Richard Newby is the leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords, where he has served since 1997. A bill to abolish hereditary peerages from the House of Lords is currently at the ...
But Young’s story of defying those odds is truly inspiring. After a career in acting, activism and academia, she became one of the first Black women appointed to the House of Lords, in 2004.
British lawmakers could take a major step towards legalising euthanasia on Friday when they hold a knife-edge vote on whether ...
In the House of Lords they are still busy debating a bill that will decide whether 92 assorted dukes, earls, viscounts and hereditary barons should continue to have a role in making laws for the ...
Sir Tony Blair’s message to the hereditary peers in the House of Lords was meant to be “thank you and goodbye”. But it didn’t quite go to plan. His Labour government was forced into a ...
On the C-SPAN Networks: British House of Lords has hosted 59 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1985 Broadcast. The year with the most events was 1988 with four events.
Patrick Stopford, 9th Earl of Courtown, sips on his pint in a small bar tucked away near the House of Lords, as he contemplates the looming end of an era.. Known in Westminster as Patrick Courtown ...
Assisted dying bill introduced in Britain’s House of Lords, as emotional campaign picks up pace Analysis by Rob Picheta , CNN 6 minute read ...
The Lords is getting more and more crowded. House of Lords/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND. At present, around a fifth of all peers and coming up to a quarter of life peers sat at one time or another in the ...