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Apart from his school magazine which he edited, Alistair Lexden first appeared in print in 1969—with an edited memoir of Hugh Holmes, Conservative Attorney...

For many years Alistair Lexden, then Alistair Cooke, was the Deputy Director of the Conservative Research Department. Ten years ago, he produced a short book...

In early July, the Government introduced a very short Bill to give it yet more time to try and restore the Assembly and Executive in Northern Ireland, which...

Alistair Lexden has presented a number of awards in the House of Lords over the last few years; on 16 May he unexpectedly received one. The award came from the...

Speaking in the Lords on 11 April ( see below), Alistair Lexden condemned the barbaric decision of the Brunei government to make homosexuals liable to death by...

The grave damage done by the fire in Notre Dame last month has increased concern about the danger of a similar catastrophe at the Palace of Westminster, which...

Each spring Alistair Lexden hosts an awards ceremony on the terrace of the House of Lords for the 24 independent sixth-form colleges which comprise the Council...

Secondary or delegated legislation takes the form of statutory instruments which stem from Acts of Parliament—primary legislation—and give effect to detailed...

These dramatic events were discussed by Alistair Lexden at a dinner in the Carlton Club in February 2018 (see below). He considered them at greater length in a...