House of Lords of the United Kingdom

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MPs reject bid to remove Church of England bishops from House of Lords

The Commons heard calls for the bishops to focus on matters in their ministries rather than on the running of the country.

Church Times · 1d

MPs reject amendment to boot bishops from the House of Lords

MEMBERS of Parliament have voted to remove hereditary peers from the House of Lords, but rejected an amendment from the Conservative MP Gavin Williamson to abolish the parliamentary seats for the Lords Spiritual ( News, 1 November ).

National Secular Society · 2d

House of Lords reforms must address bishops, say peers

Cross party support expressed for abolishing the bishops' bench entirely in debate on reforming the House of Lords

AOL · 2d

SNP MP calls for House of Lords to be abolished

Donors and “cronies” should be removed from the House of Lords, an SNP MP has said, as he called for the upper chamber to be abolished altogether. Pete Wishart described Parliament’s second chamber as an “absurd embarrassment” and criticised the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill for not going far enough.

BBC on MSN · 2d

MPs back end of House of Lords hereditary peers

The proposals will now undergo further scrutiny in the Lords, where they are expected to face tough opposition.

National Secular Society25m

Broad support in House of Lords for home education register

NSS welcomes Government commitment to legislate for register this parliamentary session as it would help tackle illegal faith ...

Left Foot Forward4h

Why we need to urgently reform the House of Lords

The House of Lords, the UK’s second parliamentary chamber, is primarily a revising chamber and urges the government of the day to rethink some aspects of its proposed legislation. However, it is ...

3don MSN

MPs to consider call to remove Church of England bishops from House of Lords

MPs are to consider calls to remove the Church of England bishops from the House of Lords and introduce a mandatory ...

Jurist21h

Foreign diplomats in UK accused of crimes including sexual assault and indecent exposure

The Foreign Office revealed in a Thursday statement delivered in both the UK's House of Commons and House of Lords that nine 'serious and significant offenses' were allegedly committed by foreign ...

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British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster. Wikipedia* On the C-SPAN ...

British Lords Speak Out Against Pakistan's Treatment Of Religious Minorities

On October 28, 2024, a debate over South-Asia Minority Faith Communities in the House of Lords took place. The discussion was ...

Morning Star4d

SNP vow to ‘sabotage’ Labour's ‘watered-down’ House of Lords reforms

THE SNP has vowed to “sabotage” Labour’s “watered-down” House of Lords reforms with a deluge of amendments. Labour’s House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill, aiming to ...

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