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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 ...
Tightening the detention criteria in the 1983 Act and providing for more frequent reviews Limiting the period that people with autism or a learning disability can be detained Removing prisons and ...
Do you have relevant expertise and experience or a special interest in the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords], which is currently passing through Parliament? If so, you can submit your ...
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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 ...
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