House of Lords
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The upper chamber of the UK parliament. New laws usually have to be approved by the Lords, and can be ammended by them. The House of Commons can, however, force a new law through against their will, although this has only happened on a few occasions.
The actual members of the Lords are people who have inherited titles, people who have been given them by the government, and some Bishops from the Church of England.
Lords ammend religious hatred bill
October 26th 2005, 19:11
The Racial and Religious Hatred bill has been ammended in the House of Lords. This is a defeat for the government, who have been trying to get it into law unchanged.
Last ditch attempt to protect religious criticism
October 20th 2005, 14:25
A set of ammendments has been put forward by the opponents to the Racial and Religious Hatred law currently being debated in the House of Lords.
Religious hatred bill debated
October 18th 2005, 08:56
The House of Lords conducted a long and detailed discussion of the Racial and Religious Hatred bill, and most of them thought it a bad idea unless ammended.
A very social secretary
October 16th 2005, 16:34
A TV comedy/drama programme charts the fall of David Blunkett, due to his relationship and children with a married woman.
UK government to target violent porn
September 5th 2005, 10:42
The government in the UK has announced plans to create a law banning the possession of certain types of pornography after a woman was murdered by a man who watched some of it.
