TV cameras broadcasting from the House of Lords chamber. Proceedings were televised on BBC1 and BBC2 for the first time on 23 ...

Members discuss proposed changes on legislation to implement new rates announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

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Do you have relevant expertise in the The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-25, which is being considered by the House of Commons? If so, you can submit your views in writing to the House ...

Members discuss draft law to introduce new multiplier standards and remove relief rates from charitable private schools.

The political impartiality of the Speaker is a key feature of the office, while the role's authority has developed over time alongside other procedural reforms. The political impartiality of the ...

Before the mid-19th century the only way of obtaining a full divorce which allowed re-marriage was by a Private Act of Parliament. Between 1700 and 1857 there were 314 such Acts, most of them ...

Negative procedure is a type of parliamentary procedure that applies to statutory instruments (SIs). Its name describes the form of scrutiny that the SI receives from Parliament. An SI laid under the ...

In June 1945 the process began of demobilising the thousands of men and women who had served in the forces during the war. The government had begun preparations for this in 1944 with the Reinstatement ...

During the first two decades of the 20th century the police in England and Wales recorded an average of 90,000 indictable offences each year, a figure which increased to over 500,000 during the 1950s.

The hour figure of 4 o'clock is shown by the Roman numeral IV, rather than the usual IIII on other clocks. Pendulum adjustment: pre-decimal pennies are used to regulate the clock mechanism. Adding one ...

Church of England was essential to maintain the peace. Parliament only gradually removed restrictions on worship outside the Church of England, as well as the role of non-Anglicans in political life.