All news on the topic: House of Lords

Artificial intelligence chatbots might be utilized to prevent the erroneous release of prisoners, a justice minister informed the House of Lords on Monday.

Angela Rayner has urged Sir Keir Starmer to stand firm and deliver her workers’ rights reforms.

Elon Musk has been told to "mind his own business" by a Home Office minister after the tech billionaire made a string of comments criticizing the UK.

Online pornography showing women being choked is set to be banned after a Government crackdown on ’violent’ content.

Sophisticated criminal networks are dumping millions of tonnes of waste in the British countryside every year, costing the UK an estimated £1 billion annually, according to a House of Lords inquiry.

Members of the public have been banned from the Commons chamber after a hidden phone was found during a security sweep shortly before Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) on Wednesday.

The area around Parliament was closed after a suspicious package was found near the House of Lords.

Lady Meyer found to have breached harassment rules with behaviour towards Lord Dholakia that had ‘racial element’

Peer who gave gifts to Keir Starmer is being investigated after complaint he did not declare interests correctly

Suspect sectioned under the Mental Health Act and arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon

Baroness Sayeeda Warsi has resigned from the Conservative party after claiming the Tories have become too ‘far-right’.

Government’s bill would prevent the 92 remaining peers who inherited their titles from sitting in upper chamber

The relationship between politics and the palace is a sensitive one - even more so during a general election campaign.

In a scathing attack on Rishi Sunak, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi demanded the Tories hand back cash to Frank Hester and said he is presiding over a 'terribly racist period'

A new poll found just 19% of voters in Tees Valley planned to vote for incumbent Ben Houchen - one of only two metro mayors the party has - with 45% backing Labour

Baroness Morgan of Cotes and Lord Blunkett have called for a 'meaningful' relationship between schools and businesses

Eleven months on from the Infected Blood Inquiry's recommendations, campaigners argue the Government is dragging its feet on compensation payments

Lord Robert Douglas-Miller was challenged after Jon Moynihan and Matthew Elliott took their places in the House of Lords after being elevated in Liz Truss's resignation honours

As ITV's drama Breathtaking airs, we look at what the Covid PPE scandal actually was, where the millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money went, why equipment didn't reach desperate NHS workers and who is being held to account

Lord Deben, who was Tory chairman while Margaret Thatcher was PM, said the Iron Lady wouldn't have approved of the current Government saying it's 'not conservative'

An official document on the 'Network North' scheme outlines plans for rail not only in the North and the Midlands, but also in London and in areas as far south as Devon

Former Home Secretary Ken Clarke is the latest Margaret Thatcher-era Tory grandee to hit out at the Rwanda Bill, which he told the House of Lords is 'extremely dangerous'

Lord Tugendhat, who is the uncle of Home Office minister Tom Tugendhat, savaged the Government's Safety of Rwanda Bill that he described as 'quite extraordinary'

The Walkers potato snacks topped the list of confectionery items sold by Lords retail outlets, shifting 2,580 bags. It was closely followed by Walkers’ Salt and Vinegar variety, selling 2,332, with the standard four-finger Kit Kat in third place, selling 2,298