A website presenting information from the UK Parliament annunciator system, covering both the House of Commons and House of Lords. Similar to annunciator screens on the estate, the app provides ...

Factories and Workshops Another significant measure, the Factory Acts (Extension) Act of 1867, took the important step of applying existing legislation to all other factories where 50 or more people ...

Jawaharlal Nehru was born in Allahabad and educated at Harrow School in England and later Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1919 Nehru joined the Indian National Congress, then led by Mahatma Gandhi who ...

Page 1: Report by the Budget League of a meeting they organised in Limehouse, East London in July 1909 where Lloyd George addressed a large expectant crowd. He began by addressing the issue of ...

How Parliament's officers and ceremonies contribute to and shape its business ...

As the parliamentary workload got heavier, MPs began to worry that certain aspects of Parliament's work - such as private legislation and committees - were not being covered. In 1877 the Chancellor ...

Gaols Act 1823 Their reports in 1819 and 1822 provided the basis of the Gaols Act of 1823. This important measure, initiated by the Home Secretary, Robert Peel, marked the beginnings of government ...

Margaret Haig Thomas, Viscountess Rhondda (1883–1958) was the daughter of David Alfred ('D.A.') Thomas, first Viscount Rhondda (1856–1918), a member of the House of Lords. As he had no sons he had ...