So where are Ann Widdecombe, Theresa May, Margaret Beckett and Clare Short and ...er... the Liberal Democrat baronesses?

BBC: Ladies' Day at Westminster

Labour brought 170 of its 239 peers to the wicket and there were just two rebel Lib Dem votes for the amendment - Baronesses Doocey and Tonge.

BBC: Voting with the heart - and stomach

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has unveiled plans to reform the upper chamber, which include replacing the current lords and baronesses with 300 paid, elected "senators" serving 15-year terms.

BBC: Elected House of Lords 'would cost more'

And watch out for a series of amendments tabled jointly by the formidable alliance of Lords Puttnam and Mackay, and Baronesses Scotland and Boothroyd to create a "Leveson-esque" voluntary Arbitration Service for defamation cases.

BBC: Week ahead