# house-of-lords - Wednesday 19 January, 2022
# House Of Lords
# House Of Lords
Stormont elections take place this year on 5 May.
# house-of-lords - Thursday 29 July, 2021
# House Of Lords
# House Of Lords
The House of Lords committee said that Northern Ireland risks becoming a “permanent casualty” of Brexit.
# house-of-lords - Tuesday 10 November, 2020
# Brexit
# Brexit
Minister Simon Coveney told BBC2’s Newsnight the UK government’s stance had “undermined trust”.
# house-of-lords - Monday 9 November, 2020
# VP Elect
# VP Elect
John Taylor referred to Kamala Harris without using her name, and solely as “the Indian”. He later deleted the tweet.
# house-of-lords - Wednesday 21 October, 2020
# Peers
# Peers
Members of the UK’s House of Lords addressed an Oireachtas Committee about the Internal Market Bill.
# house-of-lords - Monday 1 June, 2020
# Brexit
# Brexit
It has been nearly two weeks since the UK published its proposal for the Northern Ireland protocol.
# house-of-lords - Thursday 9 January, 2020
# Hate Crime
# Hate Crime
SNP MP Hannah Bardell has said she considered the alleged utterance to be a “hate crime”.
# house-of-lords - Saturday 16 November, 2019
# Peerages
# Peerages
Nigel Farage has claimed he’s been repeatedly offered a seat in the House of Lords to “go quietly”.
# house-of-lords - Thursday 5 September, 2019
# GE19
# GE19
There are 56 days until the current Brexit deadline.
# house-of-lords - Thursday 25 October, 2018
# Parliamentary Privilege
# Parliamentary Privilege
Labour peer Peter Hain named Green in the House of Lords today.
# house-of-lords - Wednesday 10 October, 2018
# Historical Investigations
# Historical Investigations
The group says there needs to be a more ‘even-handed’ approach to investigations.
# house-of-lords - Wednesday 11 July, 2018
# Insecurity Complex
# Insecurity Complex
A new report says that ‘time is running out’ to sort out what the security relationship between the two entities will be after March 2019.
# house-of-lords - Tuesday 12 June, 2018
# Squeaky Bum Time
# Squeaky Bum Time
Fifteen key amendments to Britain’s EU (Withdrawal) Bill will be put to a vote today.
# house-of-lords - Wednesday 2 May, 2018
# Brexit
# Brexit
“We cannot risk Conservative incompetence and Brexit dogma creating a hard border,” one Lord said.
# house-of-lords - Tuesday 1 May, 2018
# Lord Kilclooney
# Lord Kilclooney
Lord Kilclooney’s remark was met with condemnation and he received a significant amount of backlash online.
# house-of-lords - Wednesday 28 March, 2018
# Marriage Equality
# Marriage Equality
Northern Ireland remains the only part of the UK where same-sex marriage is still banned.
# house-of-lords - Thursday 1 February, 2018
Lord Michael Bates declared his intention to resign over the “discourtesy” of arriving late to a half-hour questions session.
# house-of-lords - Wednesday 19 July, 2017
# Divisions
# Divisions
A report from the European Union Committee of the UK’s House of Lords said that Northern Ireland will be “profoundly affected by Brexit”.
# house-of-lords - Tuesday 28 July, 2015
# John Sewel
# John Sewel
“I want to apologise for the pain and embarrassment I have caused.”
# house-of-lords - Sunday 26 July, 2015
# House Of Cads
# House Of Cads
The 69-year-old, who had been in charge of upholding House of Lords standards, quit today.
# house-of-lords - Saturday 13 June, 2015
# House Of Drugs
# House Of Drugs
Hundreds of ‘legal high’ vendors face closure across Britain. Some politicians there aren’t particularly taken with Ireland’s approach to the problem.
# house-of-lords - Monday 16 March, 2015
# Trail Of Smoke
# Trail Of Smoke
That’s a year quicker than us (all going to plan).
# house-of-lords - Sunday 13 April, 2014
# Food Waste
# Food Waste
A House of Lords Committee in the UK has blamed supermarkets for adding to high levels of food waste with these offers but experts in Ireland said everyone has their part to play in reducing this.
# house-of-lords - Tuesday 8 April, 2014
# Historic First
# Historic First
In a speech to both Houses of Parliament, the President told members that Ireland and the UK “now look at each other through trusting eyes of mutual respect and shared commitments”.
# house-of-lords - Wednesday 4 September, 2013
# Parliamentary Porn
# Parliamentary Porn
Figures obtained by the Huffington Post show that there were thousands of requests for pornographich websites in the Houses of Parliament in the last year.
# house-of-lords - Wednesday 17 July, 2013
# Britain
# Britain
The legislation is now expected to receive official assent from Queen Elizabeth II later this week.
# house-of-lords - Monday 3 June, 2013
# Lobbying
# Lobbying
New laws to regulate lobbying have today been promised in the UK, after four politicians were filmed by undercover reporters offering to push lobbyists’ agendas in parliament in exchange for cash.
# house-of-lords - Wednesday 10 April, 2013
# Thatcher
# Thatcher
MPs paid tribute to the late Prime Minister in a special Commons and Lords debate today.
# house-of-lords - Thursday 20 December, 2012
# Foie Gras
# Foie Gras
The sinful pate is already off the menu in the house of commons.
# house-of-lords - Tuesday 26 June, 2012
# BONG
# BONG
The clock tower – which currently goes by the imaginative name of Clock Tower – is to be renamed Elizabeth Tower.
# house-of-lords - Tuesday 28 February, 2012
# Ian Paisley
# Ian Paisley
Northern Ireland’s former First Minister, 85, is released from the Ulster Hospital after being admitted with coronary problems.
# house-of-lords - Tuesday 7 February, 2012
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
The 85-year-old DUP leader remains in Ulster Hospital on the outskirts of Belfast after being admitted on Sunday afternoon.
# house-of-lords - Monday 6 February, 2012
# Ian Paisley
# Ian Paisley
The 85-year-old former First Minister of Northern Ireland was rushed to the Ulster Hospital yesterday afternoon.
# house-of-lords - Wednesday 16 November, 2011
# Quitting Time
# Quitting Time
Simon Wolfson, who is also in the House of Lords, offers a prize to anyone who comes up with a way to quit the currency.
# house-of-lords - Friday 17 June, 2011
# Political Football
From The42
# Political Football
Two Labour MPs from Manchester are looking for House of Commons support to get Fergie into the House of Lords.
# house-of-lords - Tuesday 15 February, 2011
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
Baron Bannside of North Antrim has a quick medical procedure after falling ill at a meeting in the House of Lords.
