The Latest Breaking News from the House of Lords

The UK’s long-debated online safety bill (OSB) has been approved by the House of Lords, clearing the way for it to become law. But it has pitted the government, which proposed the bill, against tech companies that provide secure messaging services. Critics say it will allow authorities in the UK…

THE appointment of new two hereditary peers on just 23 votes shows the “democratic outrage” of the House of Lords, an SNP MP has said.

Ex-supreme court president among those whose failure to take oath means they cannot sit or vote in second chamber

SNP​ MP Martyn Day has condemned pro-hunting “unelected peers” in the House of Lords for “thwarting” the Hunting Trophies Bill.

The Opposition party argued there are better ways to build new homes than ‘green lighting water pollution’.

Minister Michael Gove said the Opposition party is ‘seeking to end the dream of homeownership for thousands of families by playing politics’.

Lucy Frazer will be quizzed on action being taken to protect journalists and others from lawfare to silence critics.

In a change to the online safety bill, tech firms will have to proactively prevent material that facilitates animal torture from being posted

This week marks a year since Ms Truss began her short stint as prime minister.