Nick Lester

US editor @PA based in Washington DC

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@PARLYapp Thank you. It was always a pleasure to see you in the revising chamber. I shall keep a watching brief on the red benches

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@AndyWoodcock @UKHouseofLords Thanks so much Andy

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Unhappiness both in and outside @UKHouseofLords over The Fence, coming hot on the heels of #doorgate controversy https://t.co/KVClUCKq82

[Nicholas Boys Smith @boys_nicholas]

While the French are creating luxury buses to serve their @UNESCO World Heritage sites, we are erecting prison bars around ours.

[Tim Baker @TimJ_B]

Why you need someone watching parliamentary debates

£10m House of Lords door does not work

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https://t.co/2twgy2Fsrj

[Richard Wheeler @richard_kaputt]

Well, that was an unexpected mention at business questions from Commons Leader Lucy Powell…

[Richard Wheeler @richard_kaputt]

After 12 years, & almost nine as parliamentary editor, I'll be leaving PA's parliament team at the end of next week.

The decision follows a really tough few weeks after the management proposed cuts to the team.

Not sure what's next beyond a break, but it's a fresh opportunity.

[Nick Lester @nickolester]

Was it something I said? Lord Gove's laugh shatters the rarefied atmosphere of @UKHouseofLords in response to a whispered comment by leader Baroness Smith of Basildon, as she welcomed the new peer to the chamber. Story @PA

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Brexiteer Lord Lilley reveals he is a French farmer. Register of interest entry states ‘Small agricultural land holding with sheep in France’ https://t.co/JygEhXOdTY

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'Hurry up' - Labour's Lord Browne of Ladyton is encouraged from across the chamber by Tory peer Lord Vaizey of Didcot to finish his question @UKHouseofLords

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'It is not size that matters but the perception of it' The lighter side of the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill courtesy of Tory frontbencher Baroness Finn

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Reported by @PA on March 11

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The Government has already made changes to the Bill at report stage in response to concerns during its passage through @UKHouseofLords , including placing a duty on the regulator to avoid having a negative impact on the financial growth of English football as well as investment.

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The Government has already made changes to the Bill at report stage in response to concerns during its passage through @UKHouseofLords , including placing a duty on the regulator to avoid having a negative impact on the financial growth of English football as well as investment.

[Harry Cole @MrHarryCole]

No10 on Monday after I revealed this was being discussed at highest levels of government....

"We remain committed to the bill" (legislating for the regulator)

Hmm.....

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'Don’t piddle down my back and tell me that it’s raining': Rustic rebuke issued by Lord Cromwell in @UKHouseofLords over abrupt halt to nature-friendly farming payments scheme. Full story at @PA of course

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A despatch box slip by Labour frontbencher Lord Leong provides a light-hearted moment in the @UKHouseofLords

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'Leisurely conversations' will not be tolerated. Deputy speaker Baroness Fookes lays down the law in @UKHouseofLords

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Beavers have been targeting Tory peer Lord Forsyth of Drumlean @UKHouseofLords

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The yawns have it @UKHouseofLords Lord Vaizey of Didcot struggles during a question by Lord Farmer

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'I have so many jokes about size in my head at the moment' - Carry On the Upper Chamber starring foreign minister Baroness Chapman of Darlington

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The Lord Speaker jumped the gun at the start of proceedings in @UKHouseofLords by calling the first question when two peers had yet to be introduced. A clerk saved the day with the international signal to sit down, but it still caused a flurry of confusion on the Lib Dem benches

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Tory shadow chief whip in @UKHouseofLords Baroness Williams of Trafford overshoots as she heads to the Woolsack to deliver the result of a vote. Cue hilarity. When the House is in committee the deputy speaker sits at the table