Animal rights activists should be banned from sitting on an animal sentience committee to stop ‘vocal lunatics’ hijacking the bill, say Peers Amendment specifying the ban is planned for the Animal Welfare Sentience Bill It aims to avoid Government laws being sabotaged by animal rights groups Critics have warned the Bill is poorly designed and … Read more
House of Lords standards watchdog finds 47 peers breached code of conduct by failing to attend ‘Valuing Everyone’ anti-bullying training but lets them off with a slap on the wrist as four remain under investigation Independent House of Lords Commissioner for Standards has published report It found that 47 peers breached code of conduct by … Read more
House of Lords standards watchdog finds 47 peers breached code of conduct by failing to attend ‘Valuing Everyone’ anti-bullying training but lets them off with a slap on the wrist as four remain under investigation Independent House of Lords Commissioner for Standards has published report It found that 47 peers breached code of conduct by … Read more
Premature boys age FASTER: By their 30s, men with an extremely low birth weight are biologically nearly five years older than their peers Babies born at less than 2 lbs 3 oz have an ‘extremely low birth weight’, or ELBW McMaster University experts have been tracking a group of such children A special form a … Read more
Boris Johnson has been savaged for taking a short helicopter flight from London to the West Midlands where he used a bike hire scheme – two weeks after pledging to ‘build back greener’. The journey, which could have been completed by train in just two hours, was in a Sikorsky S-76C chopper registered to a … Read more
You can teach a grumpy dog new tricks! Irritable pups are better at learning skills from a stranger than their more friendly peers, study reveals Researchers from Hungary grouped dogs into two groups based on behaviour In the study, ‘grumpy’ dogs, for example, were quicker to bark and guarded food The canines were given a … Read more
New Lord Speaker backs ‘vigorously’ cutting the number of peers by 200 to match the House of Commons as he demands ‘face-to-face’ talks with Boris Johnson on shaking up Parliament New Lord Speaker Lord McFall backed reducing number of peers in Parliament Said House of Lords should be ‘vigorously continuing’ efforts to reduce numbers Lord … Read more
Scores of peer are facing formal sleaze probes after failing to get ‘valuing everyone’ training – even though many do not appear to have been aware they needed it. The Lords standards commissioner has launched investigations into around 60 members who are yet to take the training – which was introduced last year as part … Read more
Lord Browne, the former BP boss, lived with his mother Paula for the last 20 years of her life — now he has paid her the ultimate filial tribute by making a £2 million donation to a Cambridge college in her honour. The generous gift, made by the John Browne Charitable Trust, is to Murray … Read more
A top aide to David Cameron is one of several members of the House of Lords who also work for major lobbying firms. Baroness Fall was deputy chief of staff to the former prime minister, now embroiled in a scandal over his contacting ministers on behalf of Greensill Capital, and was given a peerage by … Read more