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On December 29, an article in The Times carried the headline ‘Princess Anne crowned busiest royal’. This was seriously misleading, as Alistair Lexden made clear...

Every day proceedings in the Lords begin with four oral questions. They are submitted in advance by members and answered by government ministers or...

George Bell (1883-1958), Bishop of Chichester from 1929 until shortly before his death, was one of the greatest figures that the Church of England has ever...

Alistair Lexden’s appointment as a Deputy Speaker was announced recently. On 23 November, he presided for the first time over a debate in the Lords chamber...

Many congratulations on the publication of your 250th letter to The Times—extending your record of the largest number of contributions to their letters page in...

On 6 November, Alistair Lexden was formally appointed as a Deputy Chairman of Committees in the Lords, becoming one of a group of some 20 drawn from all parties...

The British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly, originally established in 1990 and enlarged in 2001, works to promote co-operation between political representatives...

On 12 July, the King of Spain, Felipe VI, began a three-day State visit. There was comment in The Times about his family connections with our royals. A reader...

On 3 July, Alistair Lexden introduced a short Private Member’s Bill in the Lords where it was given its formal First Reading. The Bill would extend the Civil...