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How do peers influence legislation?2 comments

baronessdsouza wrote 5 days ago: Talked briefly yesterday at a very interesting conference sponsored by the Hansard Society and the N … more »

And now......House of Lords Reform!11 comments

baronessdsouza wrote 2 weeks ago: This may be a topic of excruciating boredom for most people - other than your lorships of course. Bu … more »

Terror in Zimbabwe15 comments

baronessdsouza wrote 1 month ago: I haven’t written a blog for ages and feel bad about it. There’s been a lot going on - … more »

The Right not to be Tortured9 comments

baronessdsouza wrote 2 months ago: Yesterday a Private Members Bill was introduced in the House of Lords by Lord Archer of Sandwell QC, … more »

Don't Dismiss a Hereditary Peer - Yet!6 comments

baronessdsouza wrote 2 months ago: The independent crossbench peers number about 200 and include about 30 hereditary peers. As some wil … more »

Rubbing it in?9 comments

baronessdsouza wrote 2 months ago: A full three days after the local council and London Mayoral elections the BBC Radio Newscasts stil … more »

Policy, action and outcome. Spot the gaps?3 comments

baronessdsouza wrote 2 months ago: Today we had a debate on how far the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have been achieved. For tho … more »

What's coming up? Homophobic hatred and free speech.35 comments

baronessdsouza wrote 3 months ago: We’re about to pour back into the House of Lords after the Easter break. What are going to be … more »

Tags: free speech

People have power4 comments

baronessdsouza wrote 3 months ago: It may be too early to talk about the return of democracy in Zimbabwe - but one thing is certain: pe … more »

Communication is the name of the game.9 comments

baronessdsouza wrote 3 months ago: So Paul (Lord) Tyler and I did a duet again this time on College Green - that by now well-worn patc … more »

To vote or not to vote?14 comments

baronessdsouza wrote 4 months ago: You have three choices; to vote for an amendement, against it or to abstain. Most party political pe … more »

Tags: vote

BBC's The Week in Westminster12 comments

baronessdsouza wrote 4 months ago: Lord (Paul) Tyler and I had a brief interview with the BBC on the value of this new blogging departu … more »

Tags: BBC

modernising the 'men in tights'?2 comments

baronessdsouza wrote 4 months ago: The House of Lords authorities have agreed to recruit an experienced facilities Director to oversee … more »

Tags: black rod

Who can we believe about reconstruction in Afghanistan?2 comments

baronessdsouza wrote 4 months ago: The Earl of Sandwich, that doughty and persistent campaigner, put down yet another question on devel … more »

Tags: Afghanistan

so what is a crossbencher?4 comments

baronessdsouza wrote 4 months ago: The clue is in the title, it doesn’t mean a grumpy peer but one who has no party affiliation. … more »

Tags: crossbencher

House of Lords Reform

baronessdsouza wrote 5 months ago: This was published today in the Times and brings the total correspondence in the past couple of week … more »

Tags: Lords Reform

Frances D'Souza: Work goes on in the Recess

baronessdsouza wrote 5 months ago: There is always adminstrative work to be done in the Independent Crossbench Peers’ office and … more »

Tags: desk space

Independent Peer takes fight for wheelchair user rights to Trafalgar Square

baronessdsouza wrote 5 months ago: In December my colleague Independent Peer Baroness Chapman went along to Trafalgar Square, armed wit … more »

Tags: Independent Peers


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