Members of the House of Lords have a number of different titles, with different ways to address them. Address some members using their title only, for example, Lord Sugar or Baroness Benjamin. Other ...

Members consider House of Commons reasons for disagreeing to Lords amendment on modern slavery in energy supply chains.

The Speaker of the House of Commons recreated the symbolic switching on of the Ayrton Light at the top of the Elizabeth Tower.

Bill has its third reading, a chance for members to make sure the eventual law is effective, workable and without loopholes, ...

A money bill is a bill that in the opinion of the House of Commons Speaker is concerned only with national taxation, public money or loans. A bill that is certified as a money bill and which has been ...

How Parliament relayed its debates and decisions to the outside world began as a balancing act between politicians reluctant to make their speeches public and newspapers eager for stories. Gradually ...

Edward Priest Richards was orphaned at the age of 11, and placed in the guardianship of his uncle, William Tait. Richards was enrolled at a Commercial and Professional school run by Reverend Samuel ...

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The Life Peerages Act 1958 introduced more people from different professions, and more women. Before the Act, the House of Lords had been made up exclusively of hereditary Peers. A life Peer cannot ...

In the interests of transparency, the information provided below represents the net cost, after accounting for income, of all the trading activities of the House of Commons Catering Services. The ...

From the 1640s, the Hall began to attract large gatherings of petitioners. When a petition for the abolition of bishops was presented in November 1640, some 300 to 400 people brought it into the Hall, ...

Most public spending requires annual authorisation of Parliament through a process known as supply. The supply process requires government departments, other public bodies and pension funds to present ...