The Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension) Bill aims to increase the number of women bishops in the Lords by extending the period in which vacancies among the Lords Spiritual are to be filled by ...

MPs who were successful in this year’s Private Members’ Bill ballot presented their Bills to Parliament today. Private ...

The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill [Bill 009 of 2024-25] was introduced in the House of Commons on 12 September 2024 ...

The Renters’ Rights Bill [Bill 008 of 2024-25] was introduced in the House of Commons on 11 September 2024. The bill’s second ...

Lord Monteagle receives a mysterious letter advising him not to attend the state opening of Parliament. He takes it to the King's minister, Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury Catholic gentry in the ...

The Sandwich Student Scheme is an opportunity for undergraduate students to work within the House of Commons, offering a unique insight into governance and the running of Parliament in general.

The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust was formed in 1847, after five homes and gardens in Stratford-upon-Avon linked to Shakespeare were purchased as a national memorial to the Bard. The trustees of The ...

Parliament offers fellowships in which academics come and conduct projects at Parliament. There are opportunities for academic researchers at any stage of their career. In the Parliamentary Academic ...

The United Kingdom is currently divided into 650 parliamentary constituencies. One Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons represents a single constituency. Constituency boundaries in the UK ...

In common with many other advanced economies, the UK has seen an absolute decline in manufacturing employment and a relative decline in manufacturing output in recent decades. The impact of ...

Isabel Stockton, Doctoral Researcher in Economics at the University of Bristol, writes about her three month postgraduate internship with the Scrutiny Unit. “I am a PhD student in Economics at the ...

On the 19th February 1867, Lord Carnarvon introduced the Second Reading of the British North America Bill. He began his speech by stressing to his fellow Peers that this legislation, details 'one of ...