Editing Irene Adams (section)

===Peerage and expenses===
Despite no longer being a member of the House of Commons, Adams along with 13 other MPs was the subject of a court case over the release of information into parliamentary expenses.<ref name="bbc._BBC-">{{Cite web| title = Open Secrets: MPs in court today| author = Martin Rosenbaum| work = BBC News| date = 7 May 2008| url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/opensecrets/2008/05/mps_in_court_today_1.html}}</ref> As a result of the widespread expenses scandal within parliament, she was ultimately asked pay over £50,000 which she initially refused to do.<ref name="tele_MPs'">{{Cite web
| title = MPs' expenses: Baroness Adams challenges Commons to sue her| author = Rosa Prince| work = Daily Telegraph | date = 15 October 2010 | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8007279/MPs-expenses-Baroness-Adams-challenges-Commons-to-sue-her.html}}</ref>

Adams is not noted for being an active member of the House of Lords, and attracted criticism for claiming expenses despite having only made a single contribution, her maiden speech, between May 2005 and October 2010.<ref name="Telegraph" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sundaypost.com/news-views/politics/westminster/anger-at-250-000-expenses-claims-of-lazy-labour-lords-1.710315|title=Anger at £250,000 expenses claims of 'lazy Labour lords'|work=sundaypost.com|date=30 November 2014 |access-date=14 September 2015}}</ref> She currently lives in a converted mill in Paisley.<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news|title=Baroness Adams: the peer who claimed £200,000 but has spoken only once|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/6852178/Baroness-Adams-the-peer-who-claimed-200000-but-has-spoken-only-once.html|work=Daily Telegraph|date=26 November 2001}}</ref>