The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill, which has already been through the Commons, will abolish the 92 seats reserved for members of the upper chamber who are there by right of birth.

The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill, which has already been through the Commons, will abolish the 92 seats reserved for members of the upper chamber who are there by right of birth.

Proceedings in the House of Lords have been disrupted after protesters calling for the abolition of the unelected chamber started shouting, singing and throwing leaflets.

She said the House of Lords was “a symbol of everything that’s outdated. We don’t have a functioning democracy in this country”. One protester, who wished to be known only as Christina, ...

The House of Lords was thrown into chaos this afternoon when protesters began shouting and throwing leaflets from the public viewing gallery. Labour peer Baroness Twycross was debating the 80th ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: British House of Lords has hosted 59 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1985 Broadcast. The year with the most events was 1988 with four events.

A new front door at a main entrance to the House of Lords, that cost nearly £10 million, does not work, it has been disclosed. The project has been described as “a complete white elephant and a ...