Topic: Baroness Royall

THE possibility that there would be a police inquiry into the " Senior police officers have met the Leader of the House of Lords, Baroness Royall, to discuss the chances of launching an investigation.. "We are considering that request and we will be ...
Lords for hire" affair will be expelled from Parliament if found guilty of wrongdoing, Gordon Brown suggested today.. Mr Brown said that the allegations - against Lord Taylor of Blackburn, Lord Truscott, Lord Snape and Lord Moonie - were "serious" and have "got to ...

Sanctions planned 'if peers guilty'

The four peers at the centre of the " cash-for-amendments" allegations could face emergency sanctions if the claims against them are proven, the Leader of the House of Lords has said.. Her comments came as Tory leader David Cameron also vowed to introduce ...

Lobbyists scrutinised in peer probe

The influence of lobbyists in the House of Lords will come under increasing scrutiny later as official inquiries continue into the cash-for-influence row engulfing four Labour peers.. Lords Leader Baroness Royall has already pledged to toughen the upper chamber's anti-sleaze rules ...

Lords' anti-sleaze rules pledge

The Leader of the Lords has pledged to toughen up anti-sleaze rules after four peers were engulfed in a cash-for-influence row.. Baroness Royall launched two parliamentary inquiries in the wake of "deeply shocking" allegations that Labour members were ready to change legislation ...

MP calls for peers 'fee deal' claim

The Leader of the House of Lords will address peers about the " Baroness Royall of Blaisdon will take an emergency question from Lord Strathclyde, her Tory shadow, about "regulations and standards" in the Lords in relation to the claims.. Lady Royall was ...

Probe into peers' cash deals claim

The Leader of the House of Lords will address peers about the " Baroness Royall of Blaisdon will take an emergency question from Lord Strathclyde, her Tory shadow, about "regulations and standards" in the Lords in relation to the claims.. Lady Royall was ...

Probe into peers 'cash deals' claim

Labour's leader in the House of Lords has promised a full investigation of allegations that four of the party's peers agreed to seek amendments to legislation in return for cash fees of up to ?10,000 a month.. Baroness Royall ...

Labour to probe 'amendments' claims

Labour's leader in the House of Lords has promised a full investigation of allegations that four of the party's peers agreed to seek amendments to legislation in return for cash fees of up to ?10,000 a month.. Baroness Royall ...
Wearing sunglasses and a sharp suit, Alan Johnson looked more like a Blues Brother than a minister as he arrived at Downing Street yesterday.. The Health Secretary could have been mistaken for Dan Aykroyd's character from the 1980s movie when he ...