Public Duty Costs Allowance (PDCA) is an allowance that ex-Prime Ministers can claim for towards the cost of maintaining their […]

I spoke from these Benches in support of the principles of this Bill last July, and I do so again. […]

I lost my father at the age of three and lost my mother just before I was 17. At that […]

Part of the problem of ambulance delays are the unnecessary call-outs for people who do not need admission to hospital. […]

My Lords, this morning, this month’s Chancellor reversed nearly all last month’s Chancellor’s tax changes. Meanwhile, increasing levels of childhood obesity […]

As the noble Lords, Lord Hayward and Lord Kennedy, both said, it was 150 years ago that the Ballot Act 1872 first required parliamentary and […]

It was a pleasure to serve as one of two Liberal Democrat Members on the Select Committee on Political Polling […]

Response to the Queen’s Speech:
This Government has devalued many of the democratic principles that underpin our constitution. We should […]

In reference to Motion B1: Spending £180 million over the next 10 years to make photo ID compulsory to […]

The Government’s position appears to be that no change in the law is proposed. I, therefore, think that Clause 19 […]