In a short debate in the Lords on October 10, Lord Lexden drew attention to the excellent specialist teaching and training available to the Province's talented young artists.

The Conservative Party’s official historian has written to The Times in response to the Labour leader’s conference speech.

In an interview with Talk Radio Europe foreshadowing a visit to Conservatives on the Costa del Sol, Lord Lexden looked back on his work over the years.

Because of his extensive experience as an editor who always insisted on clear plain English, Lord Lexden was asked in July by Eric Pickles, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, to help ensure that his department handles the correspondence it receives effectively and provides replies of a good standard.

In an interview with The Connexion, the only national newspaper for France in English, Lord Lexden confirmed that he would press the government to end the existing 15-year limit.

In his capacity as Co-Chairman of the Conservative History Group, Lord Lexden held discussions on August 17 with its new Director, Mr Stephen Parkinson, who is expanding its activities in association with its new Deputy Director, Mr Adrian Harris.

Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst, the famous leader of the women's suffragette movement, held strong left-wing opinions during most of her life. In the 1920s, however, she joined the Conservative Party and became one of its parliamentary candidates. Lord Lexden, the Party's official historian, recalled the last stage of her career as a Tory in a letter published in The Times.

In a major speech on the Second Reading of the Electoral Registration and Administration Bill in the Lords on July 24, Lord Lexden welcomed the government’s commitment to make our electoral registers as accurate and complete as possible.

At question time in the Lords on July 18, Lord Lexden praised the growing financial support that is being provided to enable children in care to obtain places in boarding schools.

In a letter published in The Daily Telegraph on July 11, Lord Lexden took issue with the Party’s claim to have been a consistent advocate of a fully elected upper chamber throughout the last century.