Lord Speaker

The International Agreements Committee writes to the Foreign Secretary, with concerns about the Government’s response to its Working Practices: one year on report.

A major conservation project in Parliament has concluded after almost ten years

The Lord Speaker offers condolences to the European Parliament and to President Sassoli’s family and friends.

As the House of Lords pauses for recess until January, we look back at an action-packed year in the UK Parliament’s second chamber.

The Lord Speaker addressed the BGIPU's Parliamentary Meeting for COP26 on Sunday 7 November. Read what he had to say.

The Lord Speaker responds to the Financial Times on the composition, work and role of the House of Lords

The Speakers of the Lords and Commons discuss shared histories and plans for the future

Members discuss training in core leadership skills for ministers and senior civil servants. Learn more

The House of Lords met on Wednesday 18 August to debate the situation in Afghanistan and quiz government on action

The German Ambassador to the UK, Andreas Michaelis, met with the Lord Speaker to discuss strengthening inter-parliamentary relations between Germany and the UK.

The Lord Speaker met with the new Japanese Ambassador to the UK, Hajime Hayashi, to discuss the important role of parliamentary relations in the UK-Japan relationship. 

A wartime undercover operation which saw MPs meeting secretly in the House of Lords 80 years ago, was marked on Tuesday 22 June by the Speakers of both Houses of Parliament, ahead of the anniversary today, Thursday 24 June 2021

We speak to Lord McFall of Alcluith about his career and role as Lord Speaker, and Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom about wrongfully convicted subpostmasters

Read more about the House's work checking and revising legislation, debating key issues, and scrutinising the decisions and actions of the government.

House of Lords elects McFall of Alcluith as fourth Lord Speaker. Find out more