Lord Montagu has died aged 88. Founder of the National Motor Museum and past Chair of English Heritage, Edward Douglas-Scott Montagu was arrested in 1954… Read More »RIP Lord Montagu 20 October 1926 – 31 August 2015
House of Lords votes against mandatory sex and relationship education in schools – The House of Lords has rejected a Labour party amendment that would have made sex and relationship education mandatory in schools.
Ed Miliband was behind the decision to make Doreen Lawrence a peer, according to The Guardian. The paper says Miliband has long admired Doreen Lawrence’s… Read More »Miliband behind Lawrence Peerage
Today the Equal Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act passed its Third Reading at Westminster and could be implemented as Law by the end of the month.
The Alan Turing Pardon Bill, first introduced as a Private members Bill in The House of Lords, will have its second reading in the Lords… Read More »Turing Pardon Bill Due for Second reading This Week
An amendment to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill which would have “protected” teachers from being forced to “endorse” equal marriage, has been defeated in… Read More »Same Sex Marriage: Teachers Can't Say No
Lord Alli has written to the Pink News expressing his pleasure at the majority vote to reject the same sex marriage wrecking bill in the… Read More »Lord Alli: We've Still a Long Way To Go
The Lords rejected a wrecking amendment to the same sex marriage bill today – the 4th of June – by 72% to 28%
There will be a rally in favour of same sex marriage outside the House of Lords from 6pm, as peers vote on the same-sex marriage… Read More »Lords Stretch It OUT
The House of Lords has called for a stronger government stance against the mistreatment of gay men and women in the developing world. Members of… Read More »Lords Call for More Action on International Homophobia
