Blairs Thousand Days: The Lady and the Lords

New Labour came to power pledging to abolish the 800yearold right of hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords. Michael Cockerell tells the story of the efforts made by Lady Jay, the first female Labour Leader of the Lords, to get the bill through Parliament. Prod Charles Miller; Editor Anne Tyerman. TX BBC Two, 6 February 2000 8pm 9pm