‘We’ll keep eyes on impact of new regs on rural vets’, says EFRA as response from govt and CMA published The EFRA Committee has published the government’s response to its veterinary sector report, ...

Charles Stanhope, third Earl Stanhope (1753-1816), was a scientist, inventor and politician. He was MP for High Wycombe between 1780 and 1786 and sat in the House of Lords from 1786 until his death.

The UK public elects 650 Members of Parliament (MPs) to represent their interests and concerns in the House of Commons. MPs consider and propose new laws, and can scrutinise government policies by ...

Until recently Hansard reporters used shorthand to record proceedings in the Chamber. This notebook belonged to William Dixon (1893-1979), who said in “Our Hansard” (1950) that the Hansard reporter's ...

Much of the work of the House of Commons takes place in committees, made up of around 10 to 50 MPs. These committees examine issues in detail, from government policy and proposed new laws, to wider ...

Nancy Astor was MP for Plymouth Sutton, a naval constituency. Despite her initial support for appeasement by 1940 she believed her patriotic duty was to vote to install Churchill as Prime Minister.

In 1688, 30 years after Charles's II was restored to the throne the country was invaded by a foreign army and its King fled, as the Crown was offered by Parliament to his own nephew and son-in-law ...

The Government publishes a number of Bills each Parliamentary session in draft form before they are introduced in Parliament as formal Bills. A Draft Bill is published to enable consultation and ...

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"I welcome the Supreme Court's judgment that the prorogation of Parliament was unlawful. The judges have rejected the Government's claim that closing down Parliament for five weeks was merely standard ...

The Speaker of the House of Commons chairs debates in the Commons chamber. The holder of this office is an MP who has been elected to be Speaker by other Members of Parliament. During debates they ...