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Post by timmullen1 on Apr 4, 2020 18:47:30 GMT
As recorded in the Lately Deceased thread, Crossbencher Lord Armstrong of Ilminster has died aged four days after his 93rd birthday.
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Post by tonygreaves on Apr 21, 2020 18:26:09 GMT
Lord Grimstone of Boscobel and Lord Greenhalgh were introduced today to be Government Ministers. As always people will be wondering how long they will last. They come, some stay, some disappear pretty quickly.
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Post by tonygreaves on Apr 27, 2020 9:27:04 GMT
I don't think there have been any more changes in this past week of three mainly virtual sittings. I guess that if this kind of thing goes on for some time there will be a shoal of resignations from people who just get fed up with it all and think "well now is the time to go". We ae still waiting for the threatened creation of a load of new Tory peers but they may wait now since introductions have to be done in real life.
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Post by curiousliberal on May 1, 2020 12:22:16 GMT
The Countess of Mar (Crossbench) has retired. No hereditary peer will be elected to take her place until September, but when they are, they will be elected by the whole House (as she was) rather than just the Crossbench group.
Baroness Susan Miller (LD) has been granted Leave of Absence.
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Post by timmullen1 on May 1, 2020 12:45:28 GMT
The Countess of Mar (Crossbench) has retired. No hereditary peer will be elected to take her place until September, but when they are, they will be elected by the whole House (as she was) rather than just the Crossbench group. Baroness Susan Miller (LD) has been granted Leave of Absence. Was the Countess the one who brought fresh flowers into the Chamber every day? |
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Post by tonygreaves on May 5, 2020 15:54:48 GMT
The Countess of Mar (Crossbench) has retired. No hereditary peer will be elected to take her place until September, but when they are, they will be elected by the whole House (as she was) rather than just the Crossbench group. Baroness Susan Miller (LD) has been granted Leave of Absence. Was the Countess the one who brought fresh flowers into the Chamber every day? Margaret Mar was (is) generally a good thing. But she has been ill for a long time and I think recently it's been worse and she has not been about much recently - she suffers from the effects of OP poisoning acquired on her farm and has been a champion of OP victims for some decades and people with similar neurological ailments. She was the last female hereditary in the Lords (ancient Scottish hereditary peerages can pass actively through the female line). We used to have three and one of them was Baroness Strange, who was the lady who brought the flowers (not Margaret). Margaret stood in one of the elections as the Speaker of the House and I may have voted for her but she did not win. As reported she was originally one of the 15 hereditaries elected by the whole House back in 1999 as potential office-holders, so her replacement will be elected by all of us. Under something called the Carter Convention her replacement is likely to be another Crossbencher. Sue Miller is a good friend of mine. I guess her leave of absence is due to the fact that she lives in France (she and her husband have a small vineyard in the Dordogne - a small farm really!) |
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Post by curiousliberal on May 5, 2020 16:16:18 GMT
Baroness Margaret Ford, formerly a Labour peer and now a Crossbencher, has been granted Leave of Absence.
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Post by tonygreaves on May 7, 2020 21:50:16 GMT
Nice lass.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on May 8, 2020 9:02:34 GMT
The following members of the House of Lords do not appear to have made the affirmation or taken the oath so far this Parliament:
Carter of Haslemere, L. (XB) not yet introduced
Christopher, L. (Lab)
Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, L. (XB)
Cope of Berkeley, L. (C)
Denham, L. (C)
Ely, Bp. (Bishops)
Falconer of Thoroton, L. (Lab)
Feldman of Elstree, L. (C)
Hanningfield, L. (non-afl)
Harrison, L. (Lab)
Howarth of Breckland, B. (XB)
Irvine of Lairg, L. (Lab)
Lawson of Blaby, L. (C)
Lingfield, L. (C)
Norfolk, D. (non-afl)
O'Neill of Bengarve, B. (XB)
Rogers of Riverside, L. (Lab)
Rooker, L. (Lab)
Sacks, L. (XB)
Selsdon, L. (C)
Smith of Leigh, L. (Lab)
Stoneham of Droxford, L. (L Dem)
Sugar, L. (XB)
Williams of Oystermouth, L. (XB)
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Post by neilm on May 8, 2020 10:52:29 GMT
Falconer will be quick off the mark I expect, given his new role.
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Post by timrollpickering on May 8, 2020 11:08:00 GMT
Can they take it online?
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Post by tonygreaves on May 9, 2020 16:22:31 GMT
No. My friend and noble friend Angie Harris (Bness Harris of Richmond) had to travel all the way to London to take the oath a couple of weeks ago, all on her own in the Chamber. Ridiculous.
By the way Ben Stoneham (Lord S of Droxford) is the LD Chief Whip and has certainly taken the oath and participated in the current session.
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Post by curiousliberal on May 14, 2020 10:55:20 GMT
Baroness Byford, a Conservative life peer since 1996 and former opposition spokeswoman for food, farming and rural affairs (from 1997 to 2007) has retired.
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Post by tonygreaves on May 15, 2020 17:16:45 GMT
I am sorry to see Hazel Byford go. Her husband has not been at all well and if he's still around that may have contributed to her decision. She brought a lot of common sense farming/rural knowledge to the House. She was the Tory MAFF/DEFRA spokesperson for most of the 2000's when Labour were in Government and I was acting or real LD spokesperson for much of that time. We were very much on opposite sides on the CROW Bill in 2000 (my first involvement in a big bill) but in later years worked closely together on some important rural/farming stuff. The Animal Health Bill which followed the foot and mouth outbreak saw some important battles with the Government (or to be more accurate the Government in the Commons) and on a couple of Lords amendments which we passed between us we ping-ponged five or six times with the Commons - and got compromises in both cases. They don't do that kind of thing nowadays (largely in my view because the Labour Party are too feeble and scared!)
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Post by curiousliberal on May 30, 2020 16:47:59 GMT
Lord Woolmer, a Labour life peer since 1999 and former MP for Batley and Morley ('79-'83), has retired.
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Post by neilm on May 31, 2020 9:48:30 GMT
His predecessor was Alfred Broughton, whos presence at the 1979 motion of no confidence would have saved the government (obviously he didn't attend because of the risk of dying on the way to Westminster).
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Post by The Bishop on May 31, 2020 10:38:31 GMT
And of course he died just days later anyway.
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Post by finsobruce on May 31, 2020 11:37:17 GMT
And of course he died just days later anyway. iirc "This House" was in part developed from a radio play James Graham wrote called "How you feeling Alf?" |
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Post by tonygreaves on May 31, 2020 20:17:07 GMT
Lord Woolmer, a Labour life peer since 1999 and former MP for Batley and Morley ('79-'83), has retired. Former leader of West Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council, if I remember correctly. Title name - Lord Woolmer of Leeds. |
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Post by timmullen1 on Jun 3, 2020 18:35:45 GMT
Lord Rea, a Labour hereditary, died on 1 June aged 91, and Lord Cope of Berkeley (Conservative) has retired from the House.
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