Selecting the House of Lords Select Committee
From the House of Lords Order Paper for 5th May 2016:
High Speed Rail (London–West Midlands) Bill The...
Author: Penny
Meadowhall Mush
This week, the Sheffield Star published an article about why the Meadowhall site for the Sheffield HS2 station...
820 petitions
The House of Lords HS2 Hybrid Bill website now has a list of the petitions accepted – there were...
“The recurring theme from HS2 is to give as little information as possible”
Speech by Lord Berkeley in the House of Lords Second Reading Debate, 14th April 2016. From Hansard.
My Lords, first, I...
Petition receipts being sent
The House of Lords Hybrid Bill select committee received well over 800 petitions in total.
Writing to petitioners last week,...
“like asking a motor mechanic to tune a grand piano”
This is the last in Peter Delow’s series “That’s it then, we’re off”. While we have reproduced Parts
House of Lords petitioning finishes today
The petitioning period for the House of Lords finishes today, Monday 18th April, at 5pm.
It is possible to email...
“Parliament must never abuse the trust placed in us by so many people”
During yesterday’s debate in the House of Lords, it was clear that many of the peers there are...
Hybrid Bill Lords Second Reading today
Today the HS2 Hybrid Bill will have its Second Reading in the House of Lords.
There are several pieces of other...
Write to the House of Lords before Thursday’s vote
Everyone is entitled to write to members of the House of Lords. Unlike the Commons, where Members of Parliament specifically...