• Watching repeated trials of the system is Admiral Lord West of Spithead - the Home Office's counter terrorism minister.

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  • The additional-member voting system proposed by Lord Jenkins requires boundary changes that could not in any case be introduced in time for the next general election.

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  • "The editors of all national newspapers met yesterday and unanimously agreed to start putting in place the broad proposals - save the statutory underpinning - for the independent self-regulatory system laid out by Lord Justice Leveson, " a statement said.

    BBC: Leveson report: Editors 'agree on broad proposals'

  • Health Minister Lord Warner said the system will deliver "real benefits" for patients by driving up quality.

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  • Lord Justice Leveson envisages a system that is independent of both the state and the press.

    ECONOMIST: Politics and the press

  • The Master of the Rolls, Lord Dyson, said the CRB system must be reformed.

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  • Both sides deny anything as unseemly as negotiations, but it would be surprising if Lord Jenkins were to recommend a system unacceptable to Mr Blair.

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  • Opening a debate on reforming the criminal justice system on 15 July 2010, Lib Dem peer Lord Thomas of Gresford said the proposals offered hope of a "progressive and a radical reform of penal policy" which will "help both the victim and the offender".

    BBC: Prison reform plans welcomed by Lib Dem peer

  • Lord West says the "boat-stopping system" is only a small part of what science and technology can do to help counter the terrorist threat.

    BBC: Anti-terror gun stops boats dead

  • Lord Justice Leveson's call for a system of voluntary independent self-regulation of the press posed a problem for the politicians - how to make any new system independent enough to satisfy the victims whilst at the same time making it not so independent as to convince the press to walk away and refuse to take part.

    BBC: How the leaders reached Leveson deal

  • Lord Leveson wanted "statutory underpinning" for any new system of press regulation which arose from the ashes of the phone-hacking scandal.

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  • Lord knows it wasn't popular to prevent our financial system from collapsing.

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  • Lord Hanningfield said because it appeared that everyone else used the allowance system to recoup their costs, he would do the same thing.

    BBC: England

  • 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.

    BBC: Elected House of Lords 'would cost more'

  • Britain's City minister, Lord Myners, said that Iceland would face exclusion from the global financial system if it failed to meet its obligations.

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  • Lord Bew said the panel believed the changes would lead to a better system, benefit pupils and be fairer to teachers, while still holding schools accountable and giving parents "the vital information they need".

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  • Lord Henley said "what we are trying to do is create a system that will provide the necessary safeguards but does not make parents feel that their children are automatically safe - parents must still have the duty of looking after their children by warning them of potential dangers".

    BBC: UK Politics

  • He could thank Lord Jenkins for focusing the debate on a single specific alternative to the existing system.

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  • But Lib Dem peer and Justice Minister Lord McNally said he believed that it "could be possible to devise a system of enfranchisement of some prisoners that could play a useful part in a rehabilitation process".

    BBC: MPs can force UK to keep ban on prisoner votes - minister

  • Lord Justice Leveson not only recommends statutory 'underpinning' for a new independent system of press regulation - rejecting the industry's own proposal for a new body as "not going nearly far enough" to demonstrate independence from publishers.

    BBC: Leveson Report: Analysis

  • Lord Low, who was born blind and received DLA, believed the new system would take away "vital support" from the "most needy", and added that a review and trial did not mean the legislation had to be "paused".

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  • Lord Tomlinson was particularly concerned about Sir Digby reportedly wanting a more competitive corporation tax system - seen as a criticism of Mr Brown's policy.

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  • Swiss Re's Gherkin (designed by Lord Foster) has been slow to find tenants because its environmentally-friendly ventilation system and cigar-like outline produce an awkward shape.

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  • Former Lord Chief Justice, Lord Woolf, criticised the scheme, saying it undermined public confidence in the criminal justice system.

    BBC: Prison numbers reach record high

  • The Lord Advocate is the principal law officer of the Crown in Scotland, responsible for the system of public prosecution.

    BBC: Chhokar graphic

  • Opposition spokesman Lord Eatwell said tax avoidance by businesses "undermines any perception of fairness in the tax system and imposes a dead-weight loss on the economy, by spawning a socially-useless tax avoidance industry".

    BBC: Tax avoidance debate

  • Lord Turner says that the conventional institutions that we look to provide stability for the financial system and the economy - micro-prudential regulators such as the FSA or central banks like the Bank of England - don't have adequate tools for the task.

    BBC: Bank lending 'should be controlled'

  • They are also hired and fired by the Lord Advocate who, apart from being a member of the Scottish government responsible for the legal system, is also head of the Scottish prosecution service.

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  • There'll also be considerable debate on the new clauses introduced in the Commons on press regulation - the Conservative peer Lord Lucas has put down a series of amendments dealing with the problem of applying the new system to the internet.

    BBC: Week ahead

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