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star this property date less than 2015-01-07more like thismore than 2015-01-07
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The Lord Chairman of Committees more like this
star this property answering dept id 200 more like this
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star this property answering dept sort name Chairman of Committees (HoL) more like this
star this property hansard heading House of Lords: Unpaid Work more like this
star this property house id 2 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask the Chairman of Committees how many internships are offered by the House of Lords Administration. more like this
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Lord Storey more like this
star this property uin HL3962 more like this
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unstar this property is ministerial correction true more like this
unstar this property date of answer less than 2015-01-21more like thisremove minimum value filter
star this property answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The House of Lords Administration offers three internships: one in the Committee Office and two in the library. These posts are salaried. In addition, the Administration offers an apprenticeship in the library and up to 24 work experience placements for school students.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The House of Lords Administration does not offer any internships. The three posts erroneously identified as internships are Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) fellowships usually for PhD students, funded by the UK Research Councils, learned societies and charities. Further details of that scheme are available from the Parliamentary website: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/offices/bicameral/post/fellowships/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/offices/bicameral/post/fellowships/</a></ins></p><p> </p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Lord Sewel remove filter
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less than 2015-01-21T15:25:47.057Zmore like thismore than 2015-01-21T15:25:47.057Z
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less than 2015-02-03T17:40:13.463Zmore like thismore than 2015-02-03T17:40:13.463Z
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Sewel more like this
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star this property answering member printed Lord Sewel more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Sewel more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Storey more like this
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star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2015-01-12more like thismore than 2015-01-12
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The Lord Chairman of Committees more like this
star this property answering dept id 200 more like this
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star this property answering dept sort name Chairman of Committees (HoL) more like this
star this property hansard heading House of Lords: Restaurants more like this
star this property house id 2 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask the Chairman of Committees why new chairs have been placed in the River Restaurant; how much they cost; whether estimates were obtained for the cost of chairs with and without the Portcullis; what happened to the old chairs; and what was the salvage value of the old chairs. more like this
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Lord Palmer more like this
star this property uin HL4092 more like this
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unstar this property is ministerial correction false more like this
unstar this property date of answer less than 2015-01-22more like thismore than 2015-01-22
star this property answer text <p>The chairs recently placed in the River Restaurant were previously in storage and so there was no cost in this financial year. The new chairs provide greater back support than the benches formerly used. Those benches have been placed into storage; no estimate has been made of their salvage value.</p><p> </p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Lord Sewel remove filter
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less than 2015-01-22T11:51:35.787Zmore like thismore than 2015-01-22T11:51:35.787Z
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Sewel more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Palmer more like this
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star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2015-01-21more like thismore than 2015-01-21
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The Lord Chairman of Committees more like this
star this property answering dept id 200 more like this
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star this property answering dept sort name Chairman of Committees (HoL) more like this
star this property hansard heading Parliament: Software more like this
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star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask the Chairman of Committees how much it cost to procure the latest Microsoft Outlook system for use in Parliament; whether the system is working to specification; and what is being done about any problems encountered so far. more like this
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Lord McAvoy more like this
star this property uin HL4317 more like this
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unstar this property is ministerial correction false more like this
unstar this property date of answer less than 2015-02-03more like thismore than 2015-02-03
star this property answer text <p>The latest version of Outlook was included in Parliament’s rollout of Microsoft Office 365 during 2014 as part of the Improved Access to Services (IATS) project. IATS also delivered other new services but the costs of that project identifiable as directly related to Microsoft Outlook were £355,667 in 2013-14 and £158,802 in 2014-15 (including VAT).</p><p>In addition, Parliament provides each user with Microsoft Windows and its associated Office 365 software at a cost of £98.75 (not including VAT) per user per year.</p><p>The service has been deployed to over 7,000 users on the Parliamentary network and the overall system is working to specification. A number of users have reported some issues. In particular they have raised concerns about the design of the new Outlook interface and some have reported problems with passwords needing to be re-entered. Both of these issues have been raised with Microsoft.</p><p>If any Member is experiencing difficulties then Parliamentary ICT (PICT) is ready to offer assistance.</p><p> </p>
star this property answering member printed Lord Sewel remove filter
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less than 2015-02-03T11:56:24.887Zmore like thismore than 2015-02-03T11:56:24.887Z
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Sewel more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Lord McAvoy more like this
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star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2015-01-21more like thismore than 2015-01-21
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The Lord Chairman of Committees more like this
star this property answering dept id 200 more like this
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star this property answering dept sort name Chairman of Committees (HoL) more like this
star this property hansard heading Parliament: Correspondence more like this
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star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask the Chairman of Committees how many items of correspondence were received in the Palace of Westminster in 2014; and, of those, what proportion was received in the House of Lords. more like this
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Lord Norton of Louth more like this
star this property uin HL4338 more like this
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unstar this property is ministerial correction false more like this
unstar this property date of answer less than 2015-01-28more like thismore than 2015-01-28
star this property answer text <p>In total, 2,234,763 items of mail were received in the Palace of Westminster in 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The Administration does not count which House each item goes to but estimates that approximately 25 per cent (558,691) of these items were destined for the House of Lords. These figures do not include parcels, courier items or internal mail.</p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Lord Sewel remove filter
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less than 2015-01-28T13:50:37.99Zmore like thismore than 2015-01-28T13:50:37.99Z
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Sewel more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Norton of Louth more like this
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star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2015-01-22more like thismore than 2015-01-22
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The Lord Chairman of Committees more like this
star this property answering dept id 200 more like this
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star this property answering dept sort name Chairman of Committees (HoL) more like this
star this property hansard heading House of Lords: Staff more like this
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star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask the Chairman of Committees how many staff working on the House of Lords estate and undertaking work for the House of Lords Administration are (1) employed directly by the House of Lords, and (2) employed indirectly through third parties; and whether there are any plans to change the number of staff employed indirectly through third parties. more like this
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Lord Berkeley more like this
star this property uin HL4346 more like this
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unstar this property is ministerial correction false more like this
unstar this property date of answer less than 2015-02-06more like thismore than 2015-02-06
star this property answer text <p>The House of Lords Administration directly employs 572 staff (including part-time staff); a small number of these staff may not necessarily work all the time on the estate.</p><p> </p><p>The number of staff employed indirectly through third parties is not centrally counted but the two Houses have a contract for approximately 180 office and property service staff employed through an agency (whose work is not necessarily confined to the Lords estate) and the Catering and Retail Services of the House of Lords employed 321 agency staff in 2014 for a total of 16,732 hours to supplement their core workforce.</p><p> </p><p>The above figures do not include shared services and joint departments where the House of Commons is responsible for their employment, such as Parliamentary ICT and the Parliamentary Estates Directorate.</p><p> </p><p>The House also employs, from time-to-time, consultant staff.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Presently there are no plans to change the number of staff employed indirectly through third parties.</p>
star this property answering member printed Lord Sewel remove filter
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less than 2015-02-06T11:37:36.4Zmore like thismore than 2015-02-06T11:37:36.4Z
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Sewel more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Berkeley more like this
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star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2015-01-29more like thismore than 2015-01-29
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The Lord Chairman of Committees more like this
star this property answering dept id 200 more like this
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star this property answering dept sort name Chairman of Committees (HoL) more like this
star this property hansard heading Parliamentary Digital Service more like this
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star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask the Chairman of Committees what plans there are to act on recommendations 31 concerning access to data and 33 regarding the skills and staffing of the Parliamentary Digital Service, of the Speaker of the House of Commons’ Commission on Digital Democracy in so far as they are relevant to the House of Lords. more like this
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Lord Norton of Louth more like this
star this property uin HL4560 more like this
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unstar this property is ministerial correction false more like this
unstar this property date of answer less than 2015-02-11more like thismore than 2015-02-11
star this property answer text <p>The recommendations from the Speaker of the House of Commons’ Commission on Digital Democracy are presently being actively considered by the relevant bodies in each House, including comparing existing plans and projects to the recommendations made. As most of the recommendations in the Report concern the House of Commons this answer only covers ongoing work which involves the House of Lords.</p><p> </p><p>The Digital Democracy Report recommended that all published information and broadcast footage produced by Parliament should be freely available online in formats suitable for re-use. In July 2014 the House of Lords Management Board, in parallel with its House of Commons equivalent, committed to making this happen. Significant work has already been completed to develop the data.parliament.uk platform which publishes parliamentary data in easily re-usable formats. The aim is that all parliamentary data that is in the public domain will be available on data.parliament.uk but for some types of information this will take significant work. Current House of Lords Hansard is already published on data.parliament.uk in XML format; Hansard archive data going back to the year 1803 is also available as XML files. The Register of Lords’ Interests is another dataset published on data.parliament.uk platform; this is available as an API which returns data in various formats including JSON and XML. A full list of datasets currently available can be found from the Parliamentary website: <a href="http://www.data.parliament.uk/dataset" target="_blank">www.data.parliament.uk/dataset</a>. Further sets of data will be added in the coming months</p><p> </p><p>Parliament encourages the reuse of material made available. Use of Parliamentary material is governed by the terms of the Open Parliament Licence (further details can be found on the Parliamentary website: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/copyright/open-parliament-licence" target="_blank">www.parliament.uk/site-information/copyright/open-parliament-licence</a>). The Open Parliament Licence is designed to allow Parliamentary material to be used freely and flexibly, consistent with the way public sector information is made available for use under the Open Government Licence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The new Director of the Parliamentary Digital Service will join Parliament in March 2015 and take responsibility the new Service from April 2015. He will be tasked with developing and implementing a digital strategy for Parliament that will put digital first, making the best use of digital technology to strengthen the United Kingdom’s key democratic institution while enabling citizens to access Parliament in new and meaningful ways. The new digital strategy will outline the resources and skills needed to deliver it, as well as policies about data and plans for future ICT projects.</p>
star this property answering member printed Lord Sewel remove filter
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less than 2015-02-11T15:25:51.13Zmore like thismore than 2015-02-11T15:25:51.13Z
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Sewel more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Norton of Louth more like this
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star this property date less than 2015-02-03more like thismore than 2015-02-03
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The Lord Chairman of Committees more like this
star this property answering dept id 200 more like this
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star this property answering dept sort name Chairman of Committees (HoL) more like this
star this property hansard heading Parliament: Data Protection more like this
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star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask the Chairman of Committees, further to the Written Answers by Lord Bates on 19 January (HL4242 and HL4243), why it was decided to store parliamentary data on Microsoft servers in the Netherlands and the Republic of Ireland; and whether any attempt by the United States authorities to access those records will be made on a mutual legal assistance basis. more like this
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Lord Laird more like this
star this property uin HL4662 more like this
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unstar this property is ministerial correction false more like this
unstar this property date of answer less than 2015-02-13more like thismore than 2015-02-13
star this property answer text <p>The move to Office 365, which necessitated the storage of parliamentary data on Microsoft servers, was a core part of Parliament’s ICT Strategy to deliver improved services, connecting Members to the information that they need from anywhere, at any time and from any device.</p><p> </p><p>Parliamentary ICT worked in collaboration with the Parliamentary Security Director, the Senior Information Risk Owners of both Houses, counsel, other parties and the supplier to assess the risks of the proposed new arrangements. Any risks in relation to conventional cyber-attacks were assessed to be sufficiently mitigated and the risk of potential cross jurisdictional action was considered to be negligible (for example, under the USA PATRIOT Act) given the reassurances that were received.</p><p> </p><p>It would not be for me to comment on possible or actual activities of another country’s authorities.</p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Lord Sewel remove filter
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less than 2015-02-13T15:34:48.267Zmore like thismore than 2015-02-13T15:34:48.267Z
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Sewel more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Laird more like this
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star this property date less than 2015-02-26more like thismore than 2015-02-26
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The Lord Chairman of Committees more like this
star this property answering dept id 200 more like this
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star this property answering dept sort name Chairman of Committees (HoL) more like this
star this property hansard heading House of Lords: Catering more like this
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star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask the Chairman of Committees whether the gratuities paid for food and drink by Members of the House of Lords on debit and credit card are directly paid to the service staff; and if so, how. more like this
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Lord Storey more like this
star this property uin HL5250 more like this
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unstar this property date of answer less than 2015-03-12more like thismore than 2015-03-12
star this property answer text <p>All Catering and Retail Services staff, with the exception of staff grade A and above, receive a share of gratuities and function service charges, including those paid on debit and credit cards. The formula for working out the share for each permanent member of staff is based on contracted hours. Gratuities are distributed three times a year through payroll after deductions for National Insurance and income tax. A proportion of gratuities and function service charges is paid to zero hour staff (none of whom has a contractual exclusivity clause) split on a pro-rata basis according to the number of hours they have worked.</p><p> </p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Lord Sewel remove filter
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less than 2015-03-12T16:05:46.907Zmore like thismore than 2015-03-12T16:05:46.907Z
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Sewel more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Storey more like this
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star this property date less than 2015-02-26more like thismore than 2015-02-26
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The Lord Chairman of Committees more like this
star this property answering dept id 200 more like this
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star this property answering dept sort name Chairman of Committees (HoL) more like this
star this property hansard heading House of Lords: Postal Services more like this
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star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask the Chairman of Committees what is the expected length of time between external mail arriving at the Parliamentary Estate and its delivery to Lords’ offices; and what is the average time taken. more like this
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Lord Greaves more like this
star this property uin HL5262 more like this
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unstar this property date of answer less than 2015-03-12more like thismore than 2015-03-12
star this property answer text <p>There are frequent deliveries of mail from the mail screening centre to the Estate. Mail received from the centre before 6.40am is delivered to Members’ offices between 9am and 10am. Mail received between 6.40am and 10am is delivered between 12noon and 1pm. Any mail received later is delivered the following working day.</p><p>Delivery of courier items received at the Parcel Office between 8am and 3pm is attempted within two hours. Items received after 3pm are delivered by 10am the following working day.</p><p>Royal Mail items requiring signature received before 1.30pm are delivered in a round beginning at 2pm; if items are delayed another round is carried out at 4pm.</p><p> </p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Lord Sewel remove filter
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less than 2015-03-12T12:33:22.837Zmore like thismore than 2015-03-12T12:33:22.837Z
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Sewel more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Greaves more like this
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star this property date less than 2015-03-03more like thismore than 2015-03-03
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The Lord Chairman of Committees more like this
star this property answering dept id 200 more like this
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star this property answering dept sort name Chairman of Committees (HoL) more like this
star this property hansard heading House of Lords: Clocks and Watches more like this
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star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask the Chairman of Committees what is the reason for the placement of the new clock at the end of the Content Lobby. more like this
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Lord Brougham and Vaux more like this
star this property uin HL5388 more like this
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unstar this property date of answer less than 2015-03-17more like thismore than 2015-03-17
star this property answer text <p>The clock, known as Lord Grimthorpe’s regulator, was bequeathed to the House of Lords by Edward Heywood. Lord Grimthorpe was also the designer of Parliament’s Great Clock.</p><p>Upon Mr Heywood’s death last year, the clock was delivered to Parliament and potential locations for its display were discussed by the House of Lords Works of Art Committee. As it is a wall mounted timepiece, there were limited locations in which to display it, and the niche at the end of the Content Lobby proved to be ideal as it could be viewed by Peers and is relatively safe from accidental damage. It can also be easily accessed for regular winding and maintenance.</p><p>Before it went on display in the February half term Recess, the mechanism and case were restored. There will be a piece explaining the clock’s history in this month’s Red Benches and a short note about it produced in due course.</p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Lord Sewel remove filter
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less than 2015-03-17T17:13:01.663Zmore like thismore than 2015-03-17T17:13:01.663Z
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Sewel more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Brougham and Vaux more like this