Lords reform will go to free vote
News Article 12 May 2005
Tony Blair has said he will seek a consensus on further reform of the House of Lords.
Falconer: Lords reform will go through
Press Review 12 May 2005
Ministers are determined to drive through reforms to the Lords well before the end of this parliament, the lord chancellor has said.
Hereditary peers face axe
News Article 13 April 2005
Labour has promised to remove the remaining hereditary peers from the House of Lords and allow a free vote on its new composition.
Blair agrees to part-elected House of Lords
Press Review 11 April 2005
Reform of the House of Lords will see at least some peers elected rather than appointed, the prime minister has conceded.
'Parliament is dying' warns senior Tory
News Article 4 April 2005
Parliament is "dying", the Conservative leader in the upper house has warned.
Between a rock and another place
Publication Article 17 March 2005
Peers defend lord chancellor's role
Press Review 16 March 2005
Peers have voted against plans to abolish the lord chancellor's traditional role, insisting that he or she must continue to be fully legally qualified and a lord.
Peers warned on future of Lords
News Article 11 March 2005
Labour MPs have claimed that peers could have been "signing their own death warrant" with their behaviour over the Prevention of Terrorism Bill.
Ministers face renewed calls for elected Lords
Press Review 22 February 2005
Senior MPs have renewed their calls for a completely elected second chamber.
Hain promotes Lords reform
Press Review 14 February 2005
Peter Hain told Labour's spring conference yesterday that it would be inconceivable for the party to go into the election with a less progressive policy on Lords reform than that of the Tories or Liberal Democrats.
Labour urged to reform the Lords
News Article 8 February 2005
Labour Party promises to democratically reform the Lords should be kept, according to a pressure group's new campaign.
Blair urged to reform Lords
Press Review 3 February 2005
Prime minister Tony Blair is said to be under Cabinet pressure to reform the House of Lords and introduce more democracy to the upper house.
Peers 'need a speaker like Commons'
News Article 30 January 2005
Baroness Boothroyd has backed moves to create a new post of Speaker in the House of Lords.
Labour backtracks on Lords reform
Press Review 24 January 2005
The government will not announce its final plan for House of Lords reform before the general election.
Light at long last
Publication Article 14 December 2004
