Removal of hereditary peers from House of Lords step closer after Commons vote
Landmark legislation to remove the right of the remaining 92 hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords and is ...
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Bridgwater MP Ashley Fox opposes hereditary peers removal
SIR Ashley Fox, Member of Parliament for Bridgwater, has expressed his opposition to legislation that will remove hereditary peers from the House ...
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Cross-party group of MPs back move to scrap bishops’ bench
Amendment to remove the "injustice" of Anglican clerics in House of Lords now backed by more than a dozen MPs.
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
A debate in the House of Commons on the second reading of the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill, which will remove the ...
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Maiden speeches: Steff Aquarone MP for North Norfolk
Steff Aquarone made his maiden speech on Tuesday 15th October during a debate on the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: Here is the full text of the speech: Hello! It is a pleasure to follow the ...
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Angela Rayner roasts Oliver Dowden at PMQs over Tories failing working people
Tory MP Oliver Dowden endured a humiliating PMQs this afternoon, as he stepped in for Rishi Sunak, with Angela Rayner ...
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Labour’s crackdown on hereditary privilege is hard to stomach
Do our new Labour rulers ever pause to think about how something they say or do might look to others? Do they consider, even ...
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PMQs: Angela Rayner says she will miss exchanges with ‘architect of Tory defeat’ Dowden
Angela Rayner has said she will miss jousting with her predecessor as deputy prime minister, Oliver Dowden, in the House of ...
Keir Starmer wants to pack the House of Lords with 200 more peers despite vowing to scrap the unelected Chamber
SIR Keir Starmer wants to pack the House of Lords with 200 more Labour peers – despite previously pledging to abolish the ...