The Bishop of Manchester said the spate of shocking revelations involving rogue officers was about ‘more than a series of bad apples’.

The father of Molly Russell, who took her own life after viewing harmful material on social media, was in the House of Lords for the debate.

A Tory frontbencher says he is ‘sympathetic’ to a number of proposals made by peers over what critics brand an amnesty.

The group of around 12 were escorted out of the public gallery by doorkeepers and security staff.

Lord Caine holds out the prospect of further changes to the proposed law in a bid to meet the concerns of victims and survivors

While acknowledging there are ‘lessons to learn’ from the Covid-19 crisis, Lord Markham also pointed to successes.

The criticism came as the Duke of Sussex gave a series of bombshell interviews to promote his controversial memoirs.

He represented the former Leicestershire constituency of Blaby in the Commons from 1974 until he joined the House of Lords in 1992.

Dame Arlene Foster, who left Stormont politics last year after resigning as leader of the DUP, takes the title Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee.

The admission by Lord Caine came as he outlined a series of proposed changes to the draft legislation aimed at allaying concerns

Only ‘working members’ of the royal family will be called upon to act as Counsellors of State, the House of Lords is told

The Counsellors of State Bill has been introduced to the House of Lords just a day after the monarch made a formal request.

The King’s intention, read out in the House of Lords, seeks to resolve the dilemma over the roles of the Dukes of York and Sussex.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is due to reveal the Government’s latest fiscal plans on November 17.

The legislation has been likened to ‘placing a gun on the table’ at negotiations with the EU aimed at finding a solution

Gus O’Donnell said maximising the economic measure is ‘really, really stupid’ and ‘not something any grown up wants to do’.

The Most Rev Stephen Cottrell raised his concerns in Parliament.

The in-game purchases should be treated as gambling and regulated accordingly, the Government has been told.

Lord West tackled the government over whether three patrol boats offered enough protection for oil platforms, undersea cables and gas pipelines.