The Amir of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, addressed Parliament on Tuesday . Find out more ...

A private member’s bill is a type of public bill introduced by an individual member of the House (rather than the government). Public bills affect everyone. Private members' bills must go through the ...

This week the UK delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly attended the 70th annual meeting, hosted by the Parliament of ...

At 3pm on Tuesday 3 December, the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee, as part of its short inquiry on the relationship between the welfare system and long-term sickness, will hear evidence from ...

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2024-25 (HC Bill 121) had its first reading on 5 November 2024, in the House of Commons. The ...

ONS ‘paints a daunting picture’ on official data in letter to Treasury Committee A letter from the Office for National Statistics sets out an updated position on the Labour Force Survey in response to ...

The removal of James II by the protestant William of Orange in 1688 – the Glorious Revolution – changed matters. The resumption of war with Catholic France in the 1690s meant that British Catholics ...

Before 1918 no women were allowed to vote in parliamentary elections. In the early 20th century there were two main groups active in the campaign for women's suffrage, a term used to describe the ...

The West Lothian Question refers to the perceived imbalance between the voting rights in the House of Commons of MPs from Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland constituencies and those of MPs from ...

The UK Parliament has two Houses that work on behalf of UK citizens to check and challenge the work of Government, make and shape effective laws, and debate/make decisions on the big issues of the day ...

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 ...

Sir Winston Churchill is one of only three British Prime ministers to receive a state funeral, along with Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, and William Gladstone. As state funerals are usually ...