He predicted that the legislation would receive substantial opposition when it arrived in the House of Lords.
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He promised to provided a written House of Lords reply to the peers' concerns.
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He now had three "pulpits" - the Church, the House of Lords and the banking commission.
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And the House of Lords, incidentally, will almost certainly acquire members deputed from Scotland and Wales.
The bill was given an unopposed second reading, as is customary in the House of Lords.
The current House of Lords is the result of interim legislation introduced in 1911.
Do you think he should automatically go to the House of Lords after all of this?
Where Labour-held seats disappear, natural retirements or the House of Lords may offer a way out.
The 64-year-old said he felt "very honoured to be appointed" to the House of Lords.
It currently has 12 MEPs and 31 councillors, with three peers in the House of Lords.
E-commerce pioneer and government adviser Martha Lane Fox is to join the House of Lords.
The House of Lords is surely the balance between the elected parliament and the people.
She apologised "unreservedly" to the organisation, in a personal statement in the House of Lords.
Another of their projects, reform of the House of Lords, looks set to fail.
Until now Britain's ultimate court has been constituted as a committee in the House of Lords.
The first are non-party political peers who are recommended by the House of Lords Appointments Commission.
That means scrapping the House of Lords and replacing it with a new, elected second chamber.
Shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan said Mr Lansley's criticism of the House of Lords was "breathtaking".
The government's next major committee is likely to be on House of Lords reform.
Katerva will hold an awards ceremony at the House of Lords in London in late May.
Labour continued the practice when it took over, throwing in membership of the House of Lords.
The House of Lords is still with us, and will be for some time.
All three major parties pledged before the last general election to democratise the House of Lords.
Removal of the right of hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords.
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She accepted membership of the House of Lords, although good socialists sought its abolition.
Lord Williams officially took up his seat in the House of Lords this week.
"Fitna" was scheduled to be shown at the House of Lords on January 29.
Subsequently, the issue was raised by Lord Kilbracken, an Irish peer in the House of Lords.
The red-leather benches of the House of Lords seldom appear on the evening news.
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