Lord Norton of Louth will open the Exchange at the House of Lords

Lord Norton of Louth was appointed Professor of Government at the University of Hull in 1986 at the age of 35, becoming Director of the Centre for Legislative Studies six years later. He has been described as ‘our greatest living expert on Parliament’ and ‘a world authority on constitutional issues’, and is the author or editor of 28 books. Lord Norton was elevated to the House of Lords as a Life Peer in 1998, and soon afterwards chaired the Conservative Party’s Commission to Strengthen Parliament, which reported in 2000. From 2001 to 2004 he was Chairman of the House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution.
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Lord Norton is a regular contributor to Lords of the Blog, a collaborative blog by members of the House of Lords for the purposes of public engagement. The Guardian has described him as “a new star of the blogosphere”.

To read some of Lord Norton’s blogs go to http://lordsoftheblog.net/category/lord-norton/