Labour ponders Lords reform
Press Review 19 July 2005
The Times reports on possible Labour plans to reform the House of Lords.
Peers press for joined-up energy policy
News Article 15 July 2005
Ministers have been urged to "get a grip" on their "incoherent" energy efficiency policy.
Foxhunting ban challenge begins in the Lords
Press Review 14 July 2005
Hearings began in the House of Lords yesterday over the legality of the ban on foxhunting.
Commons cleaners to strike
Press Review 14 July 2005
MPs and peers will have to cross a picket line next Wednesday, after cleaners in the Houses of Parliament voted in favour of strike action.
Former defence chiefs criticise prosecutions
Press Review 12 July 2005
All six of the retired chiefs of defence sitting in the Lords will take part in a debate on Thursday to attack the government's "scandalous" prosecutions of troops who served in Iraq.
Peers push for climate change review
News Article 6 July 2005
As G8 leaders prepare to discuss climate change, a committee of peers has urged wholesale policy changes on the issue.
Call for 'joined-up parliament'
News Article 5 July 2005
In a departure from the usual calls for 'joined-up government', a Liberal Democrat MP said the two houses of parliament must improve their co-ordination.
Labour achieves parity in Lords
News Article 22 June 2005
For the first time in its history, Labour is to become the joint largest party in the House of Lords.
Labour achieves parity in Lords
Press Review 22 June 2005
Labour will today become the joint largest party in the House of Lords.
Peers call for 'drastic changes' to CAP
News Article 15 June 2005
A Lords committee has said EU farm funding should be targeted towards the new, less-developed EU member states.
Parliament's cleaners vote on strike action
News Article 15 June 2005
Parliament's cleaners are to vote on whether or not to go on strike for better pay and conditions.
Baroness Blatch dies at 67
News Article 31 May 2005
The deputy leader of the Opposition in the Lords has died of cancer at the age of 67.
Parliament set for 18-month sitting
News Article 16 May 2005
MPs are preparing for a marathon session of Parliament that will take them through to November next year.
Labour becomes largest party in Lords
News Article 13 May 2005
The new list of working peers has made Labour the largest party in the upper house for the first time.
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.
