The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill will remove the 92-peer exemption and abolish the jurisdiction of the House of ...

Watch the speeches live online from 4pm on 8 July on YouTube or Parliament TV.

The Product Regulation and Metrology Bill returns to the House of Lords for consideration of Commons amendments in ...

On Wednesday 9 July, the House of Lords will consider the government's National Policy Statements on energy, renewable energy infrastructure and electricity networks infrastructure. Lord Wilson of ...

Bills and Legislation sets out the proposals for new laws, and plans to change existing laws, that are presented for debate before Parliament. Keep up to date with the progress of current and draft ...

The UK-Mauritius treaty on the Chagos Archipelago will transfer sovereignty of the islands back to Mauritius, while maintaining an initial 99-year lease on the joint UK/US military base on Diego ...

Chairman of the House of Lords EU Justice Sub-Committee Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws, said: “We have repeatedly asked the Government for assurances regarding citizens' rights post-Brexit, deal or no ...

There are several visitor toilets and changing facilities at UK Parliament. These include a Changing Places toilet.

Find out about the Addison-Campbell Divorce Act 1801, the first divorce to be obtained by a woman The Addison/Campbell Divorce Act 1 image Petition of Jane Campbell's agent 1 image Evidence presented ...

The Life Peerages Act 1958 introduced more people from different professions, and more women. Before the Act, the House of Lords had been made up exclusively of hereditary Peers. A life Peer cannot ...

In 2016 the Private Bill Offices of the House of Commons and the House of Lords jointly conducted a review of the petitioning procedure for Hybrid Bills. As part of the first phase of implementation ...

The failure to fulfil Pitt's pledge on emancipation – under which Catholics would be able to sit in Parliament – also weakened the union almost from its birth. The issue was kept alive by Henry ...