The proposals will now undergo further scrutiny in the Lords, where they are expected to face tough opposition.

Sarah Botham's comments come after Lord Foulkes of Cumnock accused the former cricketer of not attending the chamber because ...

Lord Triesman, the former FA chairman, denounces county that charged teenage footballer, saying ‘she has been treated in a ...

The Archbishop yesterday tendered his resignation after days of pressure, with the Prime Minister's spokeswoman saying he ...

Donors and “cronies” should be removed from the House of Lords, an SNP MP has said, as he called for the upper chamber to be ...

The Commons heard calls for the bishops to focus on matters in their ministries rather than on the running of the country.

The House of Lords, the UK’s second parliamentary chamber, is primarily a revising chamber and urges the government of the day to rethink some aspects of its proposed legislation. However, it is ...

Cross party support expressed for abolishing the bishops' bench entirely in debate on reforming the House of Lords ...

MEMBERS of Parliament have voted to remove hereditary peers from the House of Lords, but rejected an amendment from the ...

MPs are to consider calls to remove the Church of England bishops from the House of Lords and introduce a mandatory ...

The amendment was defeated after 378 MPs voted it down, with just 41 MPs in favour. Despite most new Labour MPs reportedly ...