Comments on: Who is your birth Lord? http://www.flourish.org/blog/?p=144 Personal accounts of interesting things that I'm seeing or doing. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:15:41 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Dominic Fox http://www.flourish.org/blog/?p=144&cpage=1#comment-62 Dominic Fox Sat, 22 Apr 2006 21:54:59 +0000 http://www.flourish.org/blog/?p=144#comment-62 Oh lawd, where the heck am I going to find five bloggers who a) have the faintest idea who I am, and b) give a stuff about British parliamentary democracy? Never mind, I'll do my own anyway and see who else I can rope in... Oh lawd, where the heck am I going to find five bloggers who a) have the faintest idea who I am, and b) give a stuff about British parliamentary democracy? Never mind, I’ll do my own anyway and see who else I can rope in…

]]> By: Andy http://www.flourish.org/blog/?p=144&cpage=1#comment-61 Andy Fri, 21 Apr 2006 23:42:58 +0000 http://www.flourish.org/blog/?p=144#comment-61 My Birthday Lord is: <a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_lester_of_herne_hill" rel="nofollow">Lord Lester of Herne Hill</a> He's a liberal Democrat. has spoken in 34 debates 90/724 lords has attended 44% votes 285/724 lords ...seems very willing to speak, but not as keen on the nitty gritty of actually voting... most recently he asked Her Majesty's Government: "Whether guidelines are being produced in relation to the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006; and, if so, what is the consultation process for preparing the guidelines." My Birthday Lord is: Lord Lester of Herne Hill
He’s a liberal Democrat.
has spoken in 34 debates 90/724 lords
has attended 44% votes 285/724 lords
…seems very willing to speak, but not as keen on the nitty gritty of actually voting…

most recently he asked Her Majesty’s Government:
“Whether guidelines are being produced in relation to the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006; and, if so, what is the consultation process for preparing the guidelines.”

]]> By: Dave Weeden http://www.flourish.org/blog/?p=144&cpage=1#comment-59 Dave Weeden Thu, 20 Apr 2006 15:32:32 +0000 http://www.flourish.org/blog/?p=144#comment-59 It's a splendid idea. However, my Birth Lord <a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_brown_of_eaton-under-heywood" rel="nofollow">Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood</a> doesn't appear to do much. I've been told that this is because he's a Law Lord, and they can't speak. The performance data seems better suited to the Other Place; perhaps it needs a tweak for the Lords. (Unless you want to give the impression that they never do anything of course!) It’s a splendid idea. However, my Birth Lord Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood doesn’t appear to do much. I’ve been told that this is because he’s a Law Lord, and they can’t speak. The performance data seems better suited to the Other Place; perhaps it needs a tweak for the Lords. (Unless you want to give the impression that they never do anything of course!)

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