For example, in 2022 a House of Lords member was barred from a debate after falling asleep, and in 2018 a House of Commons member said he was "annoyed" with himself after nodding off during a ...

A House of Lords member, Lord McNicol, has apologized through a letter addressed to the chair of the Lords conduct committee, Lord Kakkar, for breaking the rules of the House by promoting a crypto ...

The House of Lords (hereditary peers) bill does one simple thing: remove the remaining hereditary peers from membership of ...

The Lords, whose powers Labour aims to curtail, would do Britons a service by amending — or even helping defeat — the bill.

Members of the House of Lords at the State Opening of Parliament by Queen Elizabeth II in 2019. At 800-plus members, the Lords is the second-largest parliamentary chamber in the world.

Charlie Falconer, Labour peer and former lord chancellor, is to introduce a private member’s bill into the House of Lords on July 26 to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales.

At 28, Carmen Smith is Britain’s youngest peer – and the only member of the House of Lords below 30. More Vinted than vintage tiara, her background as a young carer for her dad – who was ...

The House of Lords has backed a move to block the expulsion of hereditary peers from the upper chamber. Peers supported by 280 votes to 243, majority 37, an amendment to the House of Lords (Hereditary ...

Labour’s manifesto pledges to “introduce a new participation requirement” for members of the House of Lords. There are various ways that “participation” in House of Lords business could be measured, ...

A member of the House of Lords who is a doctor has said that gender reassignment surgery is "mutilation." Robert Winston, a Labour life peer and professor at Imperial College London, told Piers ...