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Baroness Deech (CB)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 5 September 2024

Debate

House of Lords: Composition

Contribution

Would the Minister use this opportunity to end another long-standing anomaly whereby the wives of Lords and Barons have the title “Lady”, which confuses them with those who have earned the title? This should end, or change so that our husbands, or the partners of women Peers, also get some sort of honorific title.

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