At the start of a Parliament the chairs of a number of select committees are elected by the House. The practical arrangements for the election of committee chairs by secret ballot are set out below.
Edward I made the meeting of Parliament a more frequent event and over the course of his reign of 35 years (1272-1307) he summoned it on 46 occasions. For the first 20 years of his reign it met ...
Deposited papers are documents that are placed in the Library of either House, usually by a government minister. They can be a convenient way for the government to make information available to ...
World Cup red card review: CMS Committee Chair Dame Caroline Dinenage calls for explanation from FIFA Chair of the CMS Committee Dame Caroline Dinenage MP has called on football world governing body ...
Women were given the right to stand for Parliament in 1918 but still could not become members of the House of Lords. Margaret Haig Thomas, Viscountess Rhondda (1883–1958) was the daughter of David ...
Political chaos followed the death of Oliver Cromwell in September 1658. His successor as Lord Protector, his son Richard, was not able to manage the Parliament he summoned in January 1659 or the Army ...
In January 1679 Charles II dissolved what was known as the Cavalier Parliament, which he had first summoned in May 1661, and summoned another one for May 1679. For the last years of the Cavalier ...
Important information about your Big Ben tour What will I see on my Big Ben tour? On your visit, you’ll have the exciting opportunity to hear more about the recent conservation project and the history ...
The first purpose built passenger railway, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, was authorised by Act of Parliament in 1826. The South Eastern Railway Act was passed just ten years later. Even in ...
Prisons Minister James Timpson, Lord Timpson, speaks to Lord Forysth of Drumlean about fostering, business leadership and prison reform in the latest episode of Lord Speaker’s Corner. Watch or listen ...
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 current and future business of Parliament is recorded formally in a set of daily documents, known as business papers. These papers contain the agenda for the sitting day ahead in each House, as ...
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