Once again, the House of Lords is proving a better safeguard of our liberties than the wholly elected House of Commons: BBC: The government has been defeated in the House of Lords over the issue of keeping peoples' DNA and fingerprints on the police national database. Peers backed a Conservative amendment calling for national guidelines for deleting material by 161 votes to 150. Ministers said the...

I am left wondering if someone is farting too much having read this written question,Mr. Burstow: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what the House of Commons Commission's most recent assessment is of the efficiency of the ventilation systems in each building in the House of Commons part of the parliamentary estate.Too many subsidised baked beans?

The BBC reports: MPs have voted to allow members of the Youth Parliament to hold a meeting on the floor of the House of Commons. The move, resisted by several Conservative MPs, will see the chamber being used other than by members of the lower house for the first time. Opponents said the Commons would abandon its traditions

The BBC has a story up about the Speaker's imminent announcement to the House of Commons. The Speaker of the House of Commons is to make a statement to MPs at 1530 BST, amid growing calls for him to quit over his handling of the expenses furore. Michael Martin has been urged to stand down by Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg while MPs from all parties have signed a motion of no confidence in him. This com...

Asked if the Prime Minster retained full confidence in the Speaker, the PMS said that the Speaker was appointed by the Commons, not the Government and that the Prime Minister supported the will of the Commons and therefore he supports the person who has been elected as the Speaker of the Commons. The PMS repeated that the Speaker is not appointed by the Prime Minister, but by the House of Commons ...

Apparently four soap dodgers have glued themselves together around a statue in the House of Commons. I suggest giving them a good ignoring to, and no attempt should be made to un-stick the idiots.

It really does come to a pretty pass when the Leader of the House of Commons is asked to express confidence in the Speaker of the House of Commons and the Serjeant at Arms and three times declines to do so. It hasn't been a good day for Harriet Harman, has it? Skewered by Eddie Mair, and now by Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight. If the Leader of the House of Commons doesn't have confidence in T...

I have devised a short survey, the main question of which is who do you think should succeed Michael Martin as Speaker of the House of Commons. Vote HERE

Peter Luff supports Phillip Blond's ideas for in the House of Commons.

JOHN Bercow faced a cross-party attempt to oust him as Commons Speaker when the House sat today for the first time since the general election.