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	UK Parliament - The Lord Speaker
		The Lord Speaker is a role elected internally by Members of the House of Lords.
		The Lord Speaker assumed some of the responsibilities previously held by the Lord Chancellor, but, unlike the Lord Chancellor, is independent of government in their appointment and role.
		Role of the Speaker of the House of Lords
	www.parliament.uk /about/how/principal/lord_speaker.cfm (316 words)

	House of Lords - WikiGadugi
		The Lord Chancellor was not only the Speaker of the House of Lords, but also a member of the Cabinet; his or her department, formerly the Lord Chancellor's Department, is now called the Department for Constitutional Affairs.
		In addition, the Lord Chancellor is the head of the judiciary of England and Wales, serving as the president of the Supreme Court of England and Wales.
		The Chairman of Committees, the Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees, and several Deputy Chairmen of Committees are all deputies to the Lord Speaker, and are all appointed by the House of Lords itself.
	en.wikigadugi.org /wiki/House_of_Lords (7453 words)

	UK Parliament - Lord Speaker homepage
		The Lord Speaker, in partnership with the Hansard Society, has launched a one-off essay competition where entrants aged between 16 and 18 years old are asked to discuss ‘First Class Second Chamber: the challenges and merits of an Upper House’.
		Lord Speaker update: November 2006 (PDF) - letter from the Lord Speaker to all Members of the House of Lords updating them on her first months in the role.
		Interview with the Lord Speaker - the Lord Speaker explains her role and responsibilities and the importance of the House of Lords today.
	www.parliament.uk /about_lords/lord_speaker.cfm (795 words)

	Lord Speaker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Lord Speaker is the speaker of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
		Until July 2006, the role of presiding officer in the House of Lords was undertaken by the Lord Chancellor.
		The Lord Chamberlain, Lord Luce, was on hand to confirm the approval of Queen Elizabeth II to the election of Baroness Hayman, although this was a mere formality.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lord_Speaker (941 words)

	Lord Speaker: 4 Jul 2006: House of Lords debates (TheyWorkForYou.com)
		My Lords, I have the honour to notify your Lordships that Her Majesty the Queen, having been informed that your Lordships have elected the Baroness Hayman to be Lord Speaker, has pleasure in confirming your Lordships' choice of her as your Speaker.
		My Lords, on behalf of the Opposition, it gives me the greatest pleasure to congratulate and welcome the noble Baroness on her election as Lord Speaker.
		My Lords, we on these Benches add our thanks to the Lord Chancellor for his duties on the Woolsack in recent years and our congratulations to the noble Baroness on her election as Lord Speaker.
	www.theyworkforyou.com /lords/?id=2006-07-04a.121.0 (2946 words)

	Peers vote on House of Lords 'Speaker' \| Special Reports \| Guardian Unlimited Politics
		The new Lord Speaker will not call the House to order, or rule on points of order or call peers to speak or select amendments to bills.
		The idea is for the new Lord Speaker to act as an ambassador for the Upper House both in the UK and abroad.
		There are changes on the ceremonial front, with an end to the tradition of the Lord Chancellor handing the "Queen's Speech" outlining the government's programme to the Queen at the state opening of parliament.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /lords/story/0,,1808073,00.html (382 words)

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		Lord's other key governmental assignments were as the State Department Director of Policy Planning 1973-1977, and in the Defense and State Departments in the 1960's.
		In between governmental posts Ambassador Lord has headed a variety of private organizations related to international affairs, as President of the Council on Foreign Relations 1977-85, as well as Chairman of the National Endowment for Democracy and Chairman of the Carnegie Endowment National Commission on America and the New World in the early 1990s.
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	ePolitix.com - Baroness Hayman elected Lord Speaker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		And she added that it was a "tremendous honour" to have been elected as the first Lord Speaker.
		Lord Strathclyde, Conservative leader in the Lords, also welcomed the new Lord Speaker to her post.
		Lord Strathclyde also paid tribute to the historical role of the lord chancellor.
	www.epolitix.com /EN/News/200607/c00f6c42-bf28-4aa3-86c0-2e7f6bce8f41.htm (618 words)

	Speaker of the British House of Commons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Historically, the Lord Chancellor presided in the Upper House of Parliament, the House of Lords.
		Thus, the Speaker may disallow a closure, which seeks to end debate and immediately put the question to a vote, if he or she finds that the motion constitutes an abuse of the rules or breaches the rights of the minority.
		The Speaker does not vote in the division, except when the Ayes and Noes are tied, in which case he or she must use the casting vote.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Speaker_of_the_British_House_of_Commons (4288 words)

	Department for Constitutional Affairs - Consultation Paper - Constitutional reform: reforming the office of the Lord ...
		Chapter 3 touches on the Lord Chancellor's role as Head of the Judiciary, his responsibilities for the appointment and the discipline of judges, his roles in relation to Parliament and his functions as a Minister of the Crown.
		Through the Court Service the Lord Chancellor is directly responsible for the administration of the higher civil and criminal courts in England and Wales (apart from the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords) and oversees the locally based management of the magistrates' courts.
		The Lord Chancellor is the Central Authority for England and Wales for the operation of the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.
	www.dca.gov.uk /consult/lcoffice/index.htm (11357 words)

	Baroness First Elected Lord Speaker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		LONDON - A baroness from Britain's governing Labour Party was confirmed Tuesday as the first elected Lord Speaker of the House of Lords _ part of Prime Minister Tony Blair's project to remodel the unelected upper chamber of Parliament.
		As Lord Speaker, she will preside over debates from the Woolsack, the large ceremonial cushion where the Lord Chancellor sat.
		The Lord Speaker takes over some of the duties of the Lord Chancellor, who continues to head the judiciary and remains a member of the Cabinet.
	www.comcast.net /data/news/2006/07/04/427437.xml (363 words)

	ePolitix.com - Peers decide on Lord Speaker's salary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Members of the upper house on Tuesday agreed that their new Lord Speaker should be paid a salary of £101,668 plus pension and expenses.
		Curiously, if the Lords pass a motion for an address to the Queen seeking the Lord Speaker's removal from office, in effect a vote of no confidence and a sacking, the proposals would require that "the Lord Speaker shall be deemed to have resigned".
		The Lord Speaker will also receive a pension "in accordance with the normal pension scheme provisions" for ministers and MPs, and entitlement to the "same expenses as paid office-holders in the House of Lords".
	www.epolitix.com /EN/News/200605/b877d6fe-e44d-4507-a885-717f998355af.htm (385 words)

	Nine peers vie for Lord Speaker role \| Special Reports \| Guardian Unlimited Politics
		The new Lord Speaker is to get a salary of £101,668 per annum - a sum which sparked a storm of protest from some senior Conservatives who argued that the pay scale, the same as a cabinet minister in the Lords, was excessive.
		The idea is for the Lord Speaker to act as an ambassador for the upper house both in the UK and abroad.
		There are changes too on the ceremonial front with the tradition of the lord chancellor handing the speech to the Queen at the state opening of parliament ending.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /lords/story/0,,1791468,00.html (487 words)

	UK Parliament - Interview with the Lord Speaker
		It was created as part of a much wider constitutional reform affecting the position of the Lord Chancellor where it was decided that it was not appropriate for the Lord Chancellor to be head of the judiciary, a member of the government and the Speaker of the House of Lords.
		The Lord Speaker would give up party membership, be independent of government and party and represent the House as a whole.
		The Lords scrutinises a lot of legislation, not only domestic legislation but European legislation; I think there’s a lot of work to be done and probably room for two chambers to do it.
	www.parliament.uk /about/how/principal/interviews/lordspeaker.cfm (570 words)

	House of Lords Creates New Speaker's Post (phillyBurbs.com) \| Europe
		The new Lord Speaker's post is one aspect of Prime Minister Tony Blair's unfinished project to remodel the House of Lords - making it more democratic and ejecting many of those who had simply inherited their seats.
		The newly restyled Lord Chancellor, who is appointed by the prime minister, will take the judicial role as well as the title of secretary of state for constitutional affairs.
		The Woolsack - the Lord Speaker's seat in the chamber - dates from the 14th century reign of King Edward III, when sacks of wool were placed in the chamber as a reminder of the source of national wealth.
	www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/89-06282006-676917.html (496 words)

	Baroness first elected Lord Speaker - Boston.com
		A baroness from Britain's governing Labour Party was confirmed Tuesday as the first elected Lord Speaker of the House of Lords -- part of Prime Minister Tony Blair's project to remodel the unelected upper chamber of Parliament.
		The Lord Speaker takes over some of the duties of the Lord Chancellor, who continues to head the judiciary and remains a member of the Cabinet.
		After her appointment to the Lords, she served as minister for roads, then as a health minister and an agriculture minister.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2006/07/04/britain_confirms_first_speaker_of_house?mode=PF (367 words)

	News \| Telegraph
		The first Lord Speaker was elected by peers yesterday but the successful candidate, from a field of nine candidates, will remain secret until Tuesday.
		But the Countess of Mar - currently a Deputy Speaker in the Lords, a Worcestershire farmer, neutral crossbencher and one of 92 remaining hereditary peers - was understood to be doing well.
		Instead, the Lord Speaker will will oversee debates and act as a figurehead and ambassador for the Lords.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/06/29/nspeaker29.xml (227 words)

	The Hindu : International : Elected Lord Speaker
		LONDON: A baroness from Britain's governing Labour Party was confirmed on Tuesday as the first elected Lord Speaker of the House of Lords — part of Prime Minister Tony Blair's project to remodel the unelected upper chamber of Parliament.
		Baroness Hayman, who was appointed to the House of Lords in 1996, finished first in a field of nine candidates in Wednesday's election.
		As Lord Speaker, she will preside over debates from the Woolsack, formerly the seat of the Lord Chancellor.
	www.hindu.com /2006/07/05/stories/2006070504891400.htm (168 words)

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	Ananova - Labour's Hayman named Lords speaker
		The ending of the centuries-old role as Lords Speaker for the Lord Chancellor came with remarkably little ceremony.
		Although the Lords Chamber was packed and crowds filled the Lords lobby to watch the final Lord Chancellor's procession, the only difference to the usual formalities was the appearance of the Lord Chamberlain Lord Luce sitting on the Government front bench.
		He told them: "My Lords I have the honour to notify your lordships that Her Majesty the Queen, having been informed that your lordships have elected the Baroness Hayman to be Lord Speaker, has pleasure in confirming your lordships choice of her as your Speaker."
	www.ananova.com /news/story/sm_1903172.html (318 words)

	House of Lords will elect a Speaker-Rest of World-World-NEWS-The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		LONDON: Members of the House of Lords are in the process of voting for their first Lord Speaker, a position that will replace the centuries-old office of Lord Chancellor.
		The Lord Chancellor's judicial role is currently the responsibility of Lord Falconer, who holds the titles of secretary of state for constitutional affairs and Lord Chancellor.
		The new Lord Speaker will wear a gown while presiding but, unlike the Lord Chancellor, will not don a wig.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/1688828.cms (518 words)

	TamsPalm » Sora Horn Lord micro speaker review
		However, a T3’s internal speaker sounds much better and also is louder than the speakers on the headphone jack.
		A T5 is in the middle between the two, but the internal speaker still sounds a tiny bit better actually.
		Their sound is better than the sound of a Tungsten E2s speaker-but it is not on par with good headphones, active speakers or the T3.
	tamspalm.tamoggemon.com /2006/02/25/sora-horn-lord-micro-speaker-review (527 words)

	BBC - Radio 4 Woman's Hour -Baroness Hayman - Lord Speaker
		When Helene Hayman was a young MP in the 1970s, she caused controversy by becoming the first woman to breast feed her baby at Westminster and by kicking off her shoes during a hot day in the Commons.
		Earlier this month, she became the first peer to take the office of Lord Speaker in the House of Lords.
		Baroness Hayman takes time out of her busy schedule to be Jenni's guest and talks about her new role in the Lords and her life in politics.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio4/womanshour/01/2006_29_mon.shtml (155 words)

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