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Jan Royall

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Wood for the trees
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Wood for the trees

By Jan Royall

Everyone who cares about our woodlands and forests will remember the last five years as a fight to protect this most important part of our landscape, described by Bishop James as “nature’s playground for the adventurous, museum for the…

Queen Elizabeth: Our finest public servant
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Queen Elizabeth: Our finest public servant

By Jan Royall

The Labour Group in the Lords, like the Labour Party as a whole, is made up of both republicans and monarchists. Personally I am a monarchist – but I was married to a republican and our children have followed in his footsteps – and I will…

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Disappointment delivered

By Jan Royall

Today’s Queen’s Speech is being marketed by the Government as the second phase of the coalition, focusing, as the speech – carefully crafted in 10 Downing Street – puts it, on “economic growth, justice and constitutional reform”. Well, as I…

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One final push against the Health and Social Care Bill

By Jan Royall

Today is a critical day for the NHS. It is a day on which the Lords will have up to two final opportunities to have an impact on the future of the Health and Social Care Bill, a day on which because of the Coalition majority in the Commons…

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