House of Lords: Additional outputs

A list of further outputs from our research projects on the House of Lords. A curated list of our key outputs can be accessed via the button at the end of the page.

Constitution Unit briefings and reports:

• Peers' and Public Attitudes to the Contemporary House of Lords – a briefing for a seminar in the House of Lords, Meg Russell, December 2007.
• The House of Lords in 2006: Negotiating a Stronger Second Chamber, Meg Russell and Maria Sciara, January 2007.
• The House of Lords in 2005: A more Representative and Assertive Chamber, Meg Russell and Maria Sciara, February 2006.
• Views from Peers, MPs and the Public on the Legitimacy and Powers of the House of Lords, Meg Russell, December 2005.

Journal articles:

• Parliamentary Party Cohesion: Some Explanations from Psychology, Meg Russell, (using data from the House of Lords) in Party Politics, August 2014.
• House of Lords Reform: Are We Nearly There Yet?, Meg Russell, in Political Quarterly, March 2009.
• The Policy Impact of Defeats in the House of Lords, Meg Russell and Maria Sciara, in British Journal of Politics and International Relations, October 2008.
• Why does the Government get defeated in the House of Lords?, Meg Russell and Maria Sciara, in British Politics, July 2007.

Lectures and other public events:

• Lords Reform: Principles and Prospects – Meg Russell's lecture at the invitation of the Leader of the House of Lords, 13 November 2007.
• Reforming an Unelected Upper House: The Strange Rebirth of the House of Lords – Meg Russell's paper to Conference on Transforming Canadian Governance Through Senate Reform University of British Columbia, 19-20 April 2007.
• Reforming the British House of Lords: How a Little Reform Can go a Long Way – Meg Russell speaking at the Australian Senate, 8 December, 2006.

Video and audio:

• The Lords and tax credits, BBC Newsnight, November 2015.
• Meg Russell comments on the new House of Lords appointments, BBC News, September 2015.
• Meg Russell comments on next steps for House of Lords reform, numerous outlets, July 2015.
• Meg Russell discusses the unsustainable House of Lords appointments, BBC Radio 4’s Westminster Hour, July 2014.

Oral and written evidence:

• Meg Russell's oral evidence to the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee, 28 November 2024.
• Meg Russell's oral evidence to the Liason Committee, 25 April 2018.
• Meg Russell's oral evidence to the Canadian Senate on Senate reform, 12 April 2016.
• Meg Russell's oral evidence to the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee, 9 February 2016.
• Meg Russell's oral evidence to the Political and Constitutional Reform, 19 January 2016.
• Meg Russell's oral evidence to the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee, 27 June 2013.
• Meg Russell's written evidence to the Political and Constitutional Reform Select Committee, March 2013.
• Meg Russell's oral evidence to the Joint Committee on the Draft House of Lords Reform Bill, 27 October 2011.
• Meg Russell's written evidence to the Leaders' Group on Retirement from the House of Lords, 5 October 2010.
• Meg Russell's written evidence to the House of Lords Information Committee, 27 April 2009.
• Meg Russell's oral evidence to the House of Commons Public Administration Select Committee, 25 October 2007.
• Meg Russell's oral evidence to the Canadian Senate's Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, 22 March 2007, for their inquiry on Senate reform (starts approximately half way through the sitting).
• Meg Russell's oral evidence to the UK Parliament's Joint Committee on Conventions, 18 July 2006.

Book reviews:

• Meg Russell's review of "The House of Lords 1911-2011: A Century of Non-Reform", by Chris Ballinger (2012), for the journal Political Quarterly (p.103-4).
• Meg Russell's review of "House of Lords Reform Since 1911: Must the Lords Go?", by Peter Dorey and Alexandra Kelso (2011), for the journal West European Politics.

Other:

• Meg Russell was interviewed about the accelerating pace of Lords reform for the ESRC's annual magazine, Britain in 2012.
• See also our project Reforming the House of Lords: Lessons from Overseas, which ran from 1998 to 2000, and our past series of Lords Reform Commentaries, which ran from 1998 to 2007.