Leader of the Lords Lord Hill of Oareford insisted the government had already shown restraint on new appointments.
BBC: House of Lords: Peers warn against influx of new members
The basic facts of the case were that Lord Hanningfield claimed the House of Lords overnight subsistence allowance, payable to peers who have to spend the night in the capital because of their parliamentary duties, even though he returned to his home in Essex every night.
But the Conservative Leader of the Lords, Lord Strathclyde, accused him of a "piece of parliamentary mischief".
With a CV that includes top roles with the Conservative Party, the chancellorship of Oxford University, the governorship of Hong Kong and the House of Lords, Lord Patten is no stranger to the higher echelons of the British establishment.
Responding to Baroness Benjamin's comments, the deputy leader of the House of Lords, Lord McNally, said he would put the idea to the chair of the Magna Carta Trust, Sir Robert Worcester.
But Tory former cabinet minister Lord Forsyth of Drumlean accused Lord Hart of "driving a coach and horses" through Lords procedures and "riding roughshod" over the advice of the clerks.
The case was heard at the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh by Lord Clarke, sitting with Lords Mackay of Drumadoon and Drummond Young.
Then the first panel of five Law Lords, hearing an appeal of Lord Bingham's decision, found by 3-2 that former heads of state did not enjoy immunity for heinous international crimes.
In the House of Lords, Lord Fowler called for an inquiry once the police investigation is over.
Lord Adonis told the House of Lords on 11 March 2010 that "extensive and detailed" consultation would be needed on the project, particularly with any communities which might be affected.
BBC: Adonis unveils high-speed rail plans in Lords statement
Speaking during oral questions on 25 May 2011, Leader of the Lords Lord Strathclyde told peers the proposal would cost more than the current system where peers are paid a daily attendance allowance.
In a exchange in the House of Lords, Lord Forsyth said the Scottish move would inevitably lead to extending the franchise to 16-year-olds in all elections throughout the United Kingdom - bringing politics into schools.
At question time on 11 January 2010, Security Minister Lord West told the House of Lords that accreditation to the Games would replace the need for a visa, but that the same checks would be made.
There's simmering discontent at the increasing membership of the House of Lords and the former Liberal leader, Lord Steel of Aikwood, has put down a motion to block any more additions.
By the start of this one, the intervention of Lord Taylor of Warwick, a black Conservative in the House of Lords, had forced an abrupt change.
His decision follows that of Lord Strathclyde to quit as Lords leader after 14 years on the Tory front bench.
Mr Salmond hit back at the peer, saying "we don't need lessons from Lord Forsyth and the unelected House of Lords".
It was time the Conservative Leader of the Lords, Lord Strathclyde, had a "frank chat" with colleagues in the Commons on the issue, he said.
The Joint Committee on House of Lord Reform says, however, that the number of bishops in the Lords should be reduced from 26 to 12.
At Lords questions on 27 January 2011, Lord Fowler, a former journalist and chairman of the House of Lords communications committee, said the News of the World had been "directly conspiring against the public".
The bill, which has been backed by mental health charities and the Royal College of Physicians, builds on the work of Lord Stevenson of Coddenham, who launched a similar bill in the House of Lords in the previous Parliamentary session.
The Royal Commission on the House of Lords is chaired by Lord Wakeham, a former Tory minister.
The plans, featuring 250mph trains, were announced earlier on 11 March 2010 in the House of Lords by Transport Secretary Lord Adonis.
Lord Chancellor Lord Irvine has conceded that reform of the Lords is one of the "most difficult issues in politics for more than a century".
The House of Lords EU committee chairman Lord Teverson told peers that the EU "cannot afford to ignore China", adding that it must develop a "much better and strategic relationship with China".
Lord Bingham, and one of the Law Lords in the first panel who sided with General Pinochet, considered the retrospectivity argument briefly, and then rejected it because the plain language of Britain's 1989 Extradition Act seems explicitly to rule it out.
Update, 15:55: I was fascinated that in the House of Lords debate today, Lord Puttnam said that he believed Jeremy Hunt as culture secretary could intervene to block News Corporation's bid to own all of BSkyB, on the grounds News Corp would not be a "fit-and-proper" owner (in the light of the recent revelations about conduct at the News of the World).
During report stage of the bill, the House of Lords had voted to accept an amendment from crossbench peer Lord Alton, exempting sufferers of mesothelioma from the proposals.
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