Find out what’s on today at the House of Commons and House of Lords. Track current bills, keep up with committees, watch live footage and follow topical issues ...

House of Lords FAQs The Lords Enquiry Service provides information on the role, work and membership of the House of Lords. Telephone: 0800 223 0855 (Freephone) or 020 7219 3107 Email: ...

The House of Commons Journal is the corrected, archive edition of Votes and Proceedings, the formal record of House of Commons business for a given day. This page includes editions of the Commons ...

Thank you for coming along to this event and thank you to Ruth Fox, Baroness Taylor of Bolton and the Hansard Society for ...

The 1911 Census Emily Wilding Davison's census forms, 1911 - At a time when some suffragettes were evading the census, it is ironic that Emily was recorded twice; once in Parliament, and once at her ...

The site in and around the present day Houses of Parliament has been a location for ecclesiatical buildings, kingship and power since at least the Middle Ages. Indeed its history could reach even ...

The Speaker is perhaps best known as the person who keeps order and calls MPs to speak during Commons debates and question times. Their role is to act as a neutral referee between the different sides ...

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Visit the Parliament TV section of our site to watch live and archived coverage of all UK Parliament proceedings taking place in public, including debates and committee meetings of both Houses.

The Code of Conduct for MPs sets out the standards of behaviour expected of Members of Parliament as they carry out their work. The Code also contains the rules concerning the additional income, gifts ...

The higher court system, which had existed since the Middle Ages, was completely reorganised by the Judicature Acts passed by Parliament in 1873 and 1875. The demand for such reform came from ...

The Indian Independence Act was passed in 1947. The act created two new independent dominions; India and Pakistan. Pakistan was split into Pakistan and East Pakistan which is now Bangladesh. The ...