Lords

The Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill is due to go through its second reading in the House of Lords later this week.

The Ayrton Light is switched on to signify that either the House of Lords or the House of Commons are sitting.

Many months of activity still lie ahead in the Commons and the Lords, and it is still possible that the bill could fall and not become law at all.

Dozens of Labour MPs abstained in a vote on the amendment which was put forward by crossbench peer Lord Alton when the Great British Energy Bill was in the House of Lords.

He lives in Thurso, a town which is on the north coast of Scotland and about as far from the Lords as you can be without getting on a boat.