The Speaker of the House of Commons visited Qatar from the 16 to 18 September to strengthen ties between the two Parliaments.

A Committee of the whole House is sometimes used instead of a Public Bill Committee for some or all of a Bill's committee stage in the Commons. It takes place in the main chamber and allows all MPs to ...

The King leaves Buckingham Palace in a procession that makes its way through the streets to the Houses of Parliament. The King then arrives at Sovereign's Entrance. When the King is seated upon the ...

Magna Carta was issued in June 1215 and was the first document to put into writing the principle that the king and his government was not above the law. It sought to prevent the king from exploiting ...

The tower was originally designed as a royal entrance and a repository for the records of Parliament, and is now home to the Parliamentary Archives. On top of the tower is an iron flagstaff. From here ...

The telephone enquiry service is open from 10am - 5pm Monday to Thursday, and 10am - 4pm on Fridays. During recess, the hours are 10am - 1pm and 2pm - 4pm Monday to Friday.

UK Parliament manages your data in line with our responsibilities under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), as supplemented by the Data Protection ...

The custody of children had already been the subject of parliamentary action in 1839. Previously mothers had no rights at all over their children if the marriage broke down. A campaign to change the ...

This week on Tuesday 8 July, Sir Lindsay Hoyle was re-elected as Speaker of the House of Commons for a second term. The House assembled in the Chamber of the House of Commons at 2.30pm ready for ...

In the House of Commons, the committee stage of Public Bills is usually carried out by a committee of MPs - known as a Public Bill Committee [PBC] - rather than in the main Chamber. A Public Bill ...

This plaque to Emily Wilding Davison was put up in the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft by Tony Benn MP. Tony Benn said in the House of Commons in 2001: 'I have put up several plaques—quite illegally, ...

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