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.

‘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, ...

Members discuss draft law to update UK's investigatory framework in face of emerging threats. Catch up. 21 November 2023 Committee questions Sir Thomas Winsor on fire service performance The Home ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

The Lords sitting in the medieval House of Lords were of two types, the lords spiritual and the lords temporal ...

Simon De Montfort's Parliament was the first instance of a parliament in which representatives from towns and the shires were summoned together to discuss matters of national concern. This Parliament ...

Edward III came to the throne in 1327, and from that point the representatives of the counties (knights of the shire) and of the towns (burgesses) became a permanent part of Parliament. After 1332 ...

The State Opening of Parliament marks the formal start of the parliamentary year and the Monarch's Speech sets out the government's agenda for the coming session, outlining proposed policies and ...

The larger group in the Commons were the 222 burgesses, two from each town allowed to return representatives, known as a borough. Another 12 joined after 1536 when Wales was united to England. The ...

During the 15th and 16th centuries there were important institutional developments in Parliament, especially in its record keeping. From its earliest days the Clerk of the Parliaments who recorded its ...