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	Bill Rodgers
		William Thomas Rodgers, Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank (born 1928), often known as Bill Rodgers was one of the "Gang of Four" senior British Labour Party politicians who defected to form the Social Democratic Party.
		Rodgers first entered the British House of Commons in 1962, and served in Labour Governments under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan, becoming Secretary of State for Transport[?] in Callaghan's Cabinet in 1976.
		In 1987 Rodgers was chairman of the successful "Yes to Unity" campaign within the SDP in favour of merger with the Liberal Party.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/bi/Bill_Rodgers.html (268 words)

	Peerage of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Lord Rossmore in the Peerage of Ireland
		The Lord Sheffield in the Peerage of Ireland
		The Lord Talbot of Malahide in the Peerage of Ireland
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peerage_of_the_United_Kingdom (765 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Special Report \| 1999 \| 01/99 \| Lords reform \| Leading players in Lords reform
		Lord Rodgers succeeded Lord Jenkins to become the Liberal Democrats' leader in the Lords in 1997, defeating Lord Wallace of Saltaire by 38 votes.
		Lord Rodgers, a former Labour MP and transport secretary who defected to help set up the Social Democrats in the split of the early 1980s.
		The lord chancellor hit the headlines in 1998 over his expensive taste in wallpaper, his guilt over his marriage to Scottish Secretary Donald Dewar's former wife and because he wanted to rid himself of his ceremonial dress for day-to-day business in the Lords.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/special_report/1999/01/99/lords_reform/236476.stm (679 words)

	Lords Hansard text for 3 Apr 1996 (160403-18)
		In his concluding remarks, the noble Lord, Lord McIntosh, implied that your Lordships would be satisfied--if that is the proper word--if a debate took place on the proposals on the Second Reading of the Bill which has been promised.
		As regards the comments of the noble Lord, Lord McIntosh, I should say at the outset that I accept the constraints on the noble Lord in terms of the time he has had to peruse this Statement, and also the fact that both he and I have been fairly preoccupied for most of today.
		The noble Lord got closest to asking a question--if he had questions at all--when he asked about the increase in the prison population and how the costs of that would be met.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/ld199596/ldhansrd/vo960403/text/60403-18.htm (2200 words)

	Lords Hansard text for 5 Dec 2001 (211205-05)
		When I debated with the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, the subject of civil defence in the face of terrorist threats, it became clear that all preparations for civil defence are a matter of utmost secrecy.
		I must say to the Lord Chancellor whose misfortune it is to have to reply to the debate and to put as brave a face and as subtle an argument as he can upon this appalling tale that I am becoming a little cynical in my old age.
		The noble Lord, Lord Goodhart, made the remarkable suggestion--I suspect that it was made only in good humour--that the apparent change of position was the result of the noble and learned Lord the Lord Chancellor having been the victim of a mugging.
	fs.huntingdon.edu /jlewis/FOIA/UKgov/LordsFOIA5Dec01-05.htm (7566 words)

	Lords Hansard text for 27 Apr 1999 (190427-04)
		However, I believe the noble Lord, Lord Rodgers, is correct in saying that it is not within the spirit of the understanding that we have of the report of the Procedure Committee which was accepted by your Lordships earlier this year.
		My Lords, I am sure the substance of the question of whether the amendment is relevant to the underlying purpose of the Bill will be the subject of the debate, which I hope we can proceed to.
		Also, as noble Lords on all sides of the House have freely admitted, sacrifices have been made by many Peers to come to this place and do their duty in the expectation that they would sit here for the rest of their life.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/ld199899/ldhansrd/vo990427/text/90427-04.htm (1959 words)

	Standards of Conduct in the House of Lords - Volume 2:Evidence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Lord Denham was the Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords from 1979 to 1991, having been Opposition Chief Whip from 1978 to 1979.
		Lord Haskel: In the House of Lords at the moment the Clerks are asked to investigate any conflict of interest on the odd occasion that it has arisen, and that seemed to be satisfactory, but, there again, my concern about these internal investigations is that the public may think that we are investigating ourselves.
		Lord Dixon-Smith: It would be a greater defence for the Lords against attack in the future if filling in the register were mandatory, but, as I say, the question of what is actually put in that register is still a matter of the individual's honour in filling it up.
	www.archive.official-documents.co.uk /document/cm49/4903/4903ii-07.htm (19728 words)

	Senior judges attack 'scatter-gun' Howard
		Lord Bingham, the Lord Chief Justice, and Lord Woolf, the Master of the Rolls, criticised the "scatter-gun approach" of the Crime (Sentences) Bill which came under a cross-party onslaught in the Lords.
		Lord Woolf said that if the Bill was implemented it would prove a very expensive way of making the criminal justice system worse and added that it was regrettable that the legislature was interfering with the judiciary.
		Lord McIntosh of Haringey, Labour's spokesman on home affairs in the Lords, said that the Bill was "confusing, self-contradictory and, of course still evolving".
	www.opinion.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1997/01/28/njuj28.html (603 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| Blair leads tributes to OU founder
		Lord Young of Dartington - the founder of the Open University and the Consumer's Association - has died aged 86.
		SDP founder Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank - one of the so-called Gang of Four and now a Liberal Democrat peer - said: "He was an outstanding entrepreneur of social policy.
		Married three times, Lord Young fathered six children, hitting the headlines with the birth of his youngest daughter when he was 80.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/1762699.stm (509 words)

	What the papers say
		Lord Bonkers, a crusty Edwardian peer and MP for Rutland from 1906-10, emerged as the star of the first day, after launching his campaign to become Liberal Democrat leader in the Lords.
		Lord Jenkins faces a challenge as Lib Dem Leader in the Upper House from one Lord Bonkers who claims to be the last survivor of the 1906 landslide.
		Lord B is the – fictional – diarist for Liberator, the radical Liberal periodical.
	www.bonkers.hall.btinternet.co.uk /papers.htm (1888 words)

	Lords Hansard text for 20 Jan 1997 (170120-24)
		The noble and learned Lord, Lord Browne-Wilkinson, has already referred to this being a sparse House--and it is. This is a matter of such fundamental importance that it deserves to be heard and debated by a full House at Third Reading, and on that basis, and on that basis alone--
		My Lords, before the noble Lord sits down, he corrected me earlier when I spoke to the amendment and I must now tell him that I have been wholly persuaded by his arguments and those of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Browne-Wilkinson.
		My Lords, to make a purely personal comment, I believe the police can be forgiven for believing that there is a sort of self-indulgence in the suggestion arising from this debate that they cannot be trusted to put a good case for an application for intrusive surveillance.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/ld199697/ldhansrd/vo970120/text/70120-24.htm (1507 words)

	History of the Party
		The Liberal government of 1906-15, one of the great reforming administrations of the twentieth century, broke the power of the House of Lords and laid the foundations of the modern welfare state.
		As a result of a fully democratic, one member one vote election, Paddy Ashdown MP was elected Leader of the new Party in July 1988 and an all-member ballot in October 1989 adopted the name Liberal Democrats (Lib Dem) as the common name of the Party.
		Roy Jenkins (Lord Jenkins of Hillhead) led the party in the House of Lords, until late 1997, when he retired and was replaced by Bill Rodgers (Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank).
	www.wesleyar.freeserve.co.uk /History/history.htm (958 words)

	FT.com - Special Reports / UK Election 2001
		Lord Rennard, the party's campaign head, said: "The Tories will be in such a state.
		In the Lords, where Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank is tipped to be replaced by the tougher Lord McNally as the party's leader, the party is expected to be especially hard on the government if it fails to make progress reforming public services.
		Lord Rennard said that it was not Mr Kennedy's style to indulge in "yah-boo negative opposition".
	specials.ft.com /ukelection2001/FT3QAH58RNC.html (650 words)

	Politics \| Blairs lead mourners at Jenkins funeral
		Lord Jenkins, dubbed the grandfather of New Labour, died aged 82 on Sunday after collapsing at his home in the village.
		Lord Jenkins's son, Charles, paid a glowing tribute in his address to the private man behind the public face.
		John Drury, the dean of Christ Church college, Oxford, said the world admired Lord Jenkins for the "incalculably humanising, civilising, liberating and enlarging effects of his activity as statesman and the vivacious wisdom of his contemplation of history in his books".
	politics.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4580965-107981,00.html (430 words)

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		Lord Goodhart said: "My Lords, we on these Benches-with the usual exception of my noble friend Lord Phillips of Sudbury, who may be described as the Helena Kennedy of our party-support Commons Amendments Nos.
		"It is said that the office of Lord Chancellor is different because of his constitutional role as the defender in Cabinet of the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary.
		In future, it will plainly be the role of the Lord Chief Justice to act as spokesman for the judiciary, and he will be in a stronger position to do so than a Lord Chancellor ever has been.
	www.libdems.org.uk /government/parliamentaryreport.html?id=4547&navPage=parliamentaryreport.html (674 words)

	Blairs among mourners at Lord Jenkins' funeral - This Is Oxfordshire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Also among the congregation were Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy and his wife Sarah, and Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank, one of the 'gang of four' who founded the SDP with Lord Jenkins in 1981.
		Lord Jenkins, formerly Roy Jenkins, entered Parliament in 1948, serving as Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer.
		Outside the hall, Lord Rodgers said he had made regular visits to the village to see Lord Jenkins.
	archive.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk /2003/01/11/27679.html (388 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Forever remembered for his unprophetic "go out and prepare for government" cry to conference in 1981, he was ennobled this year, taking the title Lord Steel of Aikwood.
		Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank held office as Transport Secretary before breaking away from Labour in 1981 as the junior member of the Gang of Four.
		Lord McNally will provide live commentary on the afternoon of party leader Paddy Ashdown's speech.
	www.bbc.co.uk /conference97/conflive/libdemguests.shtml (196 words)

	Lords Hansard text for 20 Jan 1997 (170120-42) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		In Committee I expressed much sympathy with the views of noble Lords who wished to see the scope of enhanced checks extended to cover vulnerable adults as well as children and undertook to come forward with an amendment which would seek to better protect those groups from those who abuse their positions of trust.
		I assure noble Lords that we intend to consult widely with interested parties, including the charities involved, on the difficult question of which groups of vulnerable adults most need this extra protection.
		At Committee stage on 2nd December when we discussed the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Weatherill, for the waiving of fees in respect of charities, many noble Lords were concerned about whether the financial provisions of the Bill had been properly thought through.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/ld199697/ldhansrd/vo970120/text/70120-42.htm (1787 words)

	Standards of Conduct in the House of Lords - Volume 2:Evidence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Rt Hon Lord Strathclyde, Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords, the Rt Hon Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords and Nicholas True, Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition
		Rt Hon Baroness Jay of Paddington, Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords and the Rt Hon Lord Williams of Mostyn, Attorney General and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
		Supplementary Memoranda from the Rt Hon Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish
	www.archive.official-documents.co.uk /document/cm49/4903/4903ii-00.htm (388 words)

	Letter to Peers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Lord Nolan had originally intended that the Committee’s first enquiry should extend to the House of Lords and he wrote to the Leader of the House in November 1994 with that purpose in view.
		The Report of the Griffiths Sub-Committee was debated in the House of Lords on 1 November 1995 (cols.
		Her response was to arrange for a written question and answer and on her advice I wrote to the Leaders of the Opposition Parties and the Convenor of the Cross-Benchers.
	www.public-standards.gov.uk /reports/7th_report/correspondence/letter_to_peers.htm (1063 words)

	Liberal Democrats : Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank
		Indeed, as a schoolboy I played a minor part in the General Election of 1945 in Liverpool, where I was born and brought up.
		I was elected to succeed Lord Jenkins as Leader of the Lib Dems in the House of Lords in 1997.
		I retired from being leader of the Liberal Democrats in the Lords in 2001.
	www.libdems.org.uk /www.libdems.org.uk/party/people/person.html?id=201&navPage=lords.html (517 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| Blair leads tributes to OU founder
		Lord Young's family said, in a statement: "He died peacefully on Monday night, surrounded by his family.
		Lord Young wrote the manifesto on which Attlee won the 1945 election
		Trained as a barrister, Young's creation of the CA was followed by the Advisory Centre for Education and its magazine Where?, the National Extension College, the College of Health, the National Funeral College, the University of the Third Age, the Open College of the Arts, and the School of Social Entrepreneurs.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/1762699.stm (541 words)

	Stop Stansted Expansion Campaign - SSE News Archive - December 2002 to March 2003
		Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank rose to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they were satisfied with the performance of the Civil Aviation Authority in regulating low-cost airlines.
		The Minister, Lord McIntosh of Haringey, was full of confidence in the ability of the CAA to regulate the questions of safety - the EU commission was introducing measures to ensure that passengers were fully compensated for delays and cancellations, and the Irish Aviation Authority was acting in respect of Ryanair.
		We commend the noble Lords for asking essential questions relating to safety and to working conditions for employees, but there are other equally important factors that ought to have been raised.
	www.stopstanstedexpansion.com /news_archive02.html (20693 words)

	The Stroke Association - All Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Rt Hon Lord Anderson of Swansea - Labour
		The Rt Hon the Lord Pendry - Labour
		The Rt Hon Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank
	www.stroke.org.uk /campaigns/latest_campaigns/all_party.html (497 words)

	Lords Hansard text for 24 May 2000 (200524w05)
		I refer the noble Lord to the answer I gave on 9 May 2000 to the noble Lord, Lord Laird (Official Report, col. 1364-1365).
		Further to the Written Answer by Lord Falconer of Thoroton on 28 March (WA 62-63) that "The Government welcome the opportunity to explain their policies and programmes to the public through the media", whether the memorandum issued by the
		Whether she has yet agreed to the placing in the Library of the House the document referred to by Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank at col. 926 of the Official Report of 7 March.[HL2380]
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.com /pa/ld199900/ldhansrd/vo000524/text/00524w05.htm (1402 words)

	Archive5
		Readers may recall that shortly after my defeat in the election for the leadership of our party in the Lords - and I still receive letters daily bemoaning that result - she was seized by a violent passion for Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank.
		Despite following him around London, often waiting late into the night for him to emerge from the House or a West End restaurant, she was unable to, as it were, act upon her feelings.
		For myself, I have decided to show solidarity with the people of the South of France, which is why I am writing this entry in my suite at the Hotel Splendide, Antibes.
	www.bonkers.hall.btinternet.co.uk /archive5.htm (1078 words)

	Liberal Democrat History Group Meetings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Lord Carrington is a former Foreign Secretary and former Conservative leader in the House of Lords.
		Lord Skidelsky is Professor of Political Economy at University of Warwick.
		Lord Jenkins of Hillhead, leader of the Liberal Democrat peers, founder of the SDP, and biographer of Asquith, examines the experience of hung parliaments and coalition governments in the twentieth century - and draws out the lessons to be learned for the future.
	www.users.dircon.co.uk /%7Edbrack/ldhg/meetings.html (2822 words)

	House of Lords - House - Second Report
		The House Committee is appointed each session to supervise the general administration of the House and guide the work of the Management Board; to agree the annual Estimates, Supplementary Estimates and the three-year spending forecasts; to approve the House of Lords Annual Report; and to approve changes in employment policy.
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		All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the House Committee, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.com /pa/ld200304/ldselect/ldhouse/196/19601.htm (104 words)

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