Anti-Bullying Training for Peers Branded ‘Expensive Farce’

The UK's Houses of Parliament in London on Dec. 31, 2020. Niklas Halle'n/AFP via Getty Images

Senior Tory peers have branded compulsory behavioural training for members of the Lords an “expensive farce.”

The anti-bullying, discrimination, and sexual harassment workshops were also condemned as a “complete waste of time” and “patronising.” The comments came after it was reported that 60 peers had fallen foul of the Lords authorities because they had not completed Valuing Everyone training.Former Commons speaker Baroness Boothroyd, who recently underwent heart surgery, was said to be among them.