Last wednesday saw Nick Clegg return for his annual appearance before the  House of Lords Constitution Committee. As one might expect, a whole range of political reform and constitutional issues were covered in the 90 minute evidence session. One interesting answer by the deputy prime minister which caught my attention was on the topic of

Andy Burnham MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, said in response to the Government's defeat in the House of Lords on the first Health Bill vote:

Peers voted by a majority of only four to back an amendment giving mental health equal importance to physical ailments within the NHS, which the government had opposed

The government is set for a difficult time when the House of Lords debates concessions to its plans to overhaul the NHS.

Thousands of "faceless" officials should lose the right to gain entry to people's homes without a warrant, under legal changes demanded by the House of Lords tonight.

The unelected House of Lords was yesterday likened to the tyrannical government of Syria as leading Liberal Democrats warned that the chamber full of "dinosaurs" must be reformed.

House of Lords reform is one of those subjects that make most people’s eyes glaze over. But it is going to dominate the next parliamentary session. The Queen’s Speech will include a bill for elections in 2015 for 20 per cent of the seats in the Lords using a ‘Proportional Representation’ voting system. This bill will take an age to get through the Commons, where it has to s...

A British House of Lords panel is urging the European Commission to reconsider some of its key agricultural proposals, calling for more robust spending on research and cuts in direct payments to farmers. More »

David Cameron deployed a controversial parliamentary tactic last night to deny the House of Lords the right to vote as he set out to force his benefit reforms into law.

Ministers announce fund to provide short-term money for families with acute childcare needs after seeing off amendments from the House of Lords