Conrad Black no longer a member of Britain’s House of Lords

Britain’s House of Lords has removed former media magnate Conrad Black over his lack of attendance at one of the oldest institutions in the world – a membership he renounced his Canadian citizenship to attain more than two decades ago.On Wednesday, Speaker Lord John McFall listed Lord Black of Crossharbour as one of six peers officially removed from the upper chamber the day prior owing to non-attendance. Montreal-born Mr. Black had voted only 20 times since being appointed in 2001 to the House of Lords, after which the Canadian Senate is modelled. All those votes occurred in the first two years of his appointment.