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30 new Peers appointed to House of Lords

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OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 1 Aug 2013 12:32

And I thought they wanted to reduce the number of Peers :-S

Businessman and Conservative donor Sir Anthony Bamford, former police officer Brian Paddick and the Green Party's Jenny Jones are among 30 new peers set to join the House of Lords.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23529208

The full list of new peers:-

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/willheaven/100229170/the-full-list-of-new-peers/

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I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 1 Aug 2013 13:23

Isnt it the hereditary peers they want to reduce?

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me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 1 Aug 2013 13:37

Bobtanian - not sure, I know they did reduce the the number of hereditary peers a while back.

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

Andrew

Andrew Report 1 Aug 2013 13:38

Reduce the peerage....? Up against the wall now.

Andy

Leslie

Leslie Report 1 Aug 2013 13:41

It's usual...Not what you know but who you know...Jobs for their mates...We'll have to keep 'em I expect....LES.

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 1 Aug 2013 13:45

Lot's on their mates in that list and no doubt the mates o their mates will ensure government policy is suitably drafted ;-)

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 1 Aug 2013 20:16

I see Steven Lawrence's mother has been elevated to the peerage, and whilst I don't go much on peerages, she's a good choice

I noticed that Vicky Price was stripped of her Order of the Bath - now why can't they strip that crook Jeffrrey Archer of his knighthood

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Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

JustJohn

JustJohn Report 2 Aug 2013 10:10

Many Governments have a second chamber. We have that (House of Lords) and the Queen also has to finally assent to anything passed in both Commons and Lords.

Plenty of people have disagreed with that system (Cromwell was not that happy about it in 17th century).

If we stick with present bi-cameral system, we need a strong House of Lords. We can either vote them (as in USA) in or elect them from the community (as now). What we mustn't do is let the two major political parties try and engineer a bias towards their policies so it just becomes a talking shop for rubber stamping what the Commons has decided.

Hereditary peers kept the House of Lords going 50 years ago. Now many of them in Westminster are life peers - like Baron Archer of Weston super Mare. And they do seem to earn a phenomenal amount of money for their attendance.

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Amelie my granddaughter's ancestry. My ban until 1 Jan 2021

Nolls from Harrogate

Nolls from Harrogate Report 2 Aug 2013 11:03

I reckon that's 30 too many :-0 What do we want them for :-S

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Gilmour/McSherry/Boyle/Mason/Robertson