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UK Parliament House of Lords Podcast: with Baroness Lane Fox of Soho 7 May 2021 2021 This month, we hear from Martha Lane Fox, Baroness Lane Fox of Soho, about the work of the Lords COVID-19 Committee, which she chairs. She discusses the impact of the pandemic on the digital shift in our lives and what more the government needs to do to ensure nobody is left behind. ‘We heard so many examples of very, very difficult situations for children to be learning and when they were forced online at the beginning of the first lockdown. Families sharing one smartphone b...

The new Lord Speaker has called for the number of peers to be 'vigorously' reduced as he demanded a 'face to face' meeting with Boris Johnson to discuss plans to shake up Parliament.  Lord McFall, who has just taken over the role from Lord Fowler, said the upper chamber should be continuing to look at shrinking to the size of the House of Commons.  At the moment there are approximately 800 peers compared to 650 MPs in the Commons.  There are long-running efforts to reduce the number of MPs to 600 and Lord McFall said the House of Lords should have 'no more' members than the Commons. 

The new speaker of the House of Lords says he wants to deploy his ‘soft power’ in Scotland and help the union in a ‘non-political’ way. Lord John McFall, a former Labour MP for Dumbarton, was speaking about what he hopes to bring to his new role as speaker of the House of Lords last night. Speaking on the BBC’s Westminster Hour, Lord McFall said he wants to bring a “change agenda” to the speaker’s role which is required to be non-partisan and politically neutral. He said: “I will have my change agenda. One example: outward facing. I come from Scotland. 

Hereditary peers must prove their worth to remain, says new Lord Speaker In an exclusive interview, Lord McFall says a review of the Lords would retain hereditary members who have relevant experience for lawmaking 2 May 2021 • 8:00pm Lord Mcfall has vowed to continue his predecessor’s campaign to reduce the size of the House of Lords Credit: Charlotte Graham  Hereditary peers should prove their worth in the House of Lords to avoid being expelled as part of a slimming-down of the upper chamber, the new Lord Speaker has suggested. Lord McFall is the man perhaps best known for going head t...

The Electoral Reform Society called resuming the by-elections a ‘sign of very warped priorities’ amid the coronavirus crisis.