Lords gear up for ministerial fight
Press Review 20 October 2003
Peter Hain MP - Leader of the House of Commons
Interview 29 September 2003
Question: You said recently that "We need to reflect the society that we purport to represent. In many respects we still look like an institution more suited to Gladstone's era.
Archer facing expulsion from Lords
Press Review 19 September 2003
Hereditary peers remain defiant
Press Review 18 September 2003
Lord Falconer: Lords reform statement in full
News Article 18 September 2003
The full text of the constitutional affairs secretary's statement on reform of the House of Lords.
Falconer calls time on remaining hereditaries
News Article 18 September 2003
Lord Archer and the remaining 92 hereditary peers are to be removed from parliament, it has been announced.
Lords reform plans stalled
Press Review 15 September 2003
MPs slam Blair over Lords reform
Press Review 18 July 2003
Ministers stand by appointed upper house
Press Review 17 July 2003
Cook slams appointed peers plan
News Article 17 July 2003
The government's latest proposals on reform of the House of Lords have come in for criticism from Robin Cook.
Lords urged to choose new Speaker
News Article 16 June 2003
The leader of the Lords has suggested that a consensus on how to choose the new speaker of the Upper House could emerge by next week.
Peers ponder tactics over reshuffle
Press Review 16 June 2003
MPs attack 'people's peers' commission
Press Review 28 May 2003
Lords commission 'serves no useful purpose'
News Article 28 May 2003
Tony Blair is being urged to scrap the body set up to choose "people's peers" to sit in the House of Lords.
Committee divides on Lords reform
News Article 9 May 2003
A row has flared between members of the joint committee on reform of the House of Lords.
