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Minister James Cleverly said it was irrelevant that Lord Lebedev's dad was a former KGB agent and compared the situation to his own father being an ex-chartered surveyor

Reports claim the Mi5 and Mi6 provided intelligence to the House of Lords which said there could be a national security threat if Lord Lebedev was granted a peerage. But the assessments were withdrawn after the PM intervened.

The proposed legislation is going through Parliament and due to enter the final stages in the House of Lords

The aim is to reduce the size of the House of Lords

The warning came as the House of Lords inflicted a defeat on Government plans to change how general elections are called.

Michael Gove admitted the long-awaited government plan will allocate money already announced in the spending review - as Labour blasted the lack of 'new ideas' despite 12 missions to achieve by 2030 and an idea to have the House of Lords sit in York

Conservative Treasury minister and Cabinet Office minister Lord Agnew has resigned from both of his posts with a scathing rebuke to his government colleagues over COVID business loan fraud. His dramatic exit from the chamber was an unusual occurrence in the normally sedate House of Lords, which rarely sees ministerial…

Lord Agnew of Oulton makes dramatic gesture after criticising the 'schoolboy' handling of Covid business loans

Lord Agnew of Oulton’s resignation described as 'one of the most dramatic moments ever seen' in the House of Lords