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1 It is a different story in the Senate, where Mr Albanese's government will need crossbench support to pass laws.

2 The independent crossbench peer said the committee's approach is inconsistent with past cases where intent was taken into account and the process would be deemed "unlawful" if it was tested in a court.

3 She has also been appointed a crossbench peer in the Lords.

4 "The whole things feels a little bit unmanaged and incoherent," the crossbench peer said.

5 Thirteen Tory peers rebelled against the government to vote for the amendment from the crossbench peer David Anderson, a former independent reviewer of terror legislation, with support from Labour and the Lib Dems.

6 They are also thinking about how crossbench peers rather than just Labour Lords could be mobilised to support certain measures.

7 It is being chaired by Baroness Heather Hallett, a retired judge and crossbench peer who previously led the inquest into the 2005 7/7 bombings.

8 In their letter to Mr Harper, the vice chairs of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, Mr Maier, and crossbench peer Lord Jim O'Neill, said the situation was already "wreaking havoc on the northern economy".

9 It is being chaired by former judge and crossbench peer Baroness Heather Hallett.

10 The crossbench peer, who was previously affiliated with the Liberal Democrats, is one of the best known names in British legal circles of the past 25 years.

11 In this case former judge and crossbench peer Baroness Hallett, who previously led the inquests into the 7 July London bombings, is in the chair.

12 Three years ago, the government asked the crossbench peer Lord Walney to look into how to tackle violence against politicians.

13 But speaking on Tuesday, the former Conservative peer - who has now moved to the crossbenches - said he would now put his "personal opinions" to one side while carrying out his new role.

14 At the same time he was elevated to the House of Lords as Lord Myners of Truro, and later became a crossbench peer.

15 Meanwhile, crossbench peer Lord Hope has put forward an amendment that Rwanda only be deemed a safe country once a treaty bringing in new safeguards has been fully implemented.

16 Lord Lebedev, who also owns the Independent newspaper, was nominated for a peerage in July 2020 by Mr Johnson and sits as a crossbench peer.

17 But crossbench peer Beeban Kidron, who is the architect of the children's code, said she was concerned the checks were insufficient.

18 But it has faced heavy criticism in the Lords, where the government does not have a majority, particularly from Labour, Lib Dem and crossbench peers.

19 But her main mission - to ensure everyone in the UK can access these services - was far from being fulfilled when she stood down in 2013, to take up a non-political crossbench seat in the Lords.

20 And her fellow crossbench peer, Baroness Campbell, a former commissioner of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, said disabled people "must not be invisible in the survival planning process".

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