Guided tours of Speaker’s House will be available on Saturdays and selected weekdays this August, giving you the rare ...

Read research and analysis from Parliament's libraries and committees on how leaving the EU will affect different policy areas in the UK.

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The Product Regulation and Metrology Bill has its third reading, a chance for members to make sure the eventual law is effective, workable and without loopholes, on Wednesday 12 March. The Product ...

Members of the House of Lords 'tidy up' the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill at third reading on Tuesday 11 March. The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill aims to improve protective ...

Members consider plans for open access operators following the creation of Great British Railways, in a debate put forward by Lord Young of Cookham (Conservative). Members speaking in the debate. Read ...

Find Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of the House of Lords. ParliamentNow presents information from the UK Parliament annunciator system, covering both the House of Commons and House of Lords.

The UK public elects 650 Members of Parliament (MPs) to represent their interests and concerns in the House of Commons. MPs consider and propose new laws, and can scrutinise government policies by ...

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 Act of Settlement was passed in 1701, reinforcing the Bill of Rights agreed by William and Mary in 1689. The main aim of this legislation was to ensure a Protestant succession to the English ...

Within a year of Great Britain declaring war on Germany in August 1914, it had become obvious that it was not possible to continue fighting by relying on voluntary recruits. Lord Kitchener's campaign ...

Before 1918 no women were allowed to vote in parliamentary elections. In the early 20th century there were two main groups active in the campaign for women's suffrage, a term used to describe the ...