Only ‘working members’ of the royal family will be called upon to act as Counsellors of State, the House of Lords is told

The Counsellors of State Bill has been introduced to the House of Lords just a day after the monarch made a formal request.

The King’s intention, read out in the House of Lords, seeks to resolve the dilemma over the roles of the Dukes of York and Sussex.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is due to reveal the Government’s latest fiscal plans on November 17.

The legislation has been likened to ‘placing a gun on the table’ at negotiations with the EU aimed at finding a solution

Gus O’Donnell said maximising the economic measure is ‘really, really stupid’ and ‘not something any grown up wants to do’.

The Most Rev Stephen Cottrell raised his concerns in Parliament.

The in-game purchases should be treated as gambling and regulated accordingly, the Government has been told.

Lord West tackled the government over whether three patrol boats offered enough protection for oil platforms, undersea cables and gas pipelines.

The senior clergyman recounts how the monarch’s vehicle fired up after he performed ‘a large sign of the cross’, earning royal praise.

The blind peer recounted how he went awry during his induction as a member of the Privy Council

Tory frontbencher Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon said progress is being made in the case of Jagtar Singh Johal.

Some peers shouted ‘not content’ for the Bill’s first reading.

A Tory frontbencher uses lines from the national poet Robert Burns to brand the SNP argument for independence as ‘thin gruel’.

Mike Veale has been living ‘the life of Riley on £100,000 a year’, Parliament has been told.

The traditional Scottish dish has been prohibited by the US since 1971 as it contains sheep lungs.

The contentious Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill has already been through the Commons and now heads to the Lords.

There has been strong criticism by unionists at Westminster of the Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill.

The renowned broadcaster and leading fertility expert Lord Winston says such a ‘waste of time’ is critical when seconds count

It is ‘unacceptable’ there are women and girls unable to access services due to a political impasse at Stormont, Parliament is told