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

You can contact your MP when you, or people living in your area, are affected by decisions made by the UK Parliament or by the Government. MPs represent all the people in their local area, whether ...

Whilst the campaign for votes for women is predominately recognised as a cause fought by women, men played a crucial role both in Parliament and outside. Although many MPs opposed votes for women, ...

A minority government is a government formed by a political party that does not have an overall majority of MPs in the House of Commons. A party may decide to govern alone - rather than form a ...

What did the Act achieve? Passed just before the outbreak of WWII, as a response to Germany and the Soviet Union's non-aggression pact, this Act gave the Government special powers to take almost any ...

This is the key conclusion reached by the cross-party House of Lords International Relations and Defence Committee in a hard-hitting report published today. The UK and Europe need to re-establish a ...

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 ...

Read transcripts of debates in both Houses.

The period from March 1629 to April 1640 later became known as the Personal Rule because Charles I did not summon Parliament during this time. Outwardly, this was a period of peace and prosperity, but ...

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