When I think of the House of Lords, I think about trust, honour, nobility, honesty and integrity. The formal title of the House of Lords is:The Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled.If a Peer's honour is found to be in question after an investigation carried out by Lords Interests sub committee, th...

from yesterday's Hansard use of The Chamber (United Kingdom youth Parliament) Motion made, That this House welcomes the work of the United Kingdom Youth Parliament in providing young people with an opportunity to engage with the political process and bring about social change; notes that many hon. Members from all parts of the House are actively involved in the work of the UK Youth Parliament...

Carrying a vote of No Confidence after defeat on a major issue in the Commons is the standard way of forcing the relinquishing of power by a prime minister in the United Kingdom Parliament. Canada, whose parliamentary democracy is modelled on that of the United Kingdom, has just had its Parliament prorogued by the Governor-General who represents the Head of State Queen Elizabeth II. This has been ...

We are only two months from the European elections, to be followed by the forming of the (new) political groups in the European Parliament. In the United Kingdom, the House of Commons Library has published a standard note authored by Vaughne Miller on the political groups in the European Parliament. European Parliament Political Groups (SN/IA/5031; 26 March 2009; 10 pages) offers a brief view of t...

The House of Commons returns on Monday to the thorny issue of House of Lords reform. As every attempt over the past 30 years has ended in failure, surely now is the time to begin a new approach that sees the Lords not as a rival to the Commons, but as the body representing the different interests of the nation?

There were two EU related Starred Questions in the House of Lords on Tuesday and they elicited interesting responses. The first was asked by Lord Campbell of Alloway: To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, as the United Kingdom’s net contribution to the European Community budget is projected to rise from £2 billion in 2008-09 to £6.5 billion in 2010-11, they will withhold...

It is astonishing that until yesterday Parliament had had no debate on the current economic crisis. The House of Commons has failed in its duty to be the country's debating chamber. Instead, yesterday, it fell to the House of Lords to take up the cudgels. Their Lordships had a six hour debate and I highly recommend it to you to read - HERE. The participants read like a list of Who Was Who in ...

The public disgust at the Stygian Stables that is Parliament, has propelled Jack Straw (is this a bit of panic methinks) to rush through Legislation to flush the House of Lords through, of convicted criminals, tax evaders and corrupt peers that frame our Laws. We need a Constitutional Court to deal with the House of Commons as well.

The Scottish Parliament will today symbolically vote in favour of leaving the United Kingdom despite opposition parties accusing Alex Salmond of trying to engineer a "grubby little fix" instead of a fair referendum.

He has not been elected to the House of Commons and he is neither a member of the House of Lords (YET?) .