Members of the House of Lords begin their detailed examination of Crown Estate Bill, in committee stage on Monday 14 October.

The Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension) Bill aims to increase the number of women bishops in the Lords by extending ...

The Government asserts that, in its licensing of arms sales to Saudi Arabia during the current hostilities in Yemen, it is “narrowly on the right side” of international humanitarian law. The Committee ...

The government of the Raj consisted wholly of British officials and was headed by the viceroy and the appointed members of his council. After the Indian Councils Act was passed in 1861 this executive ...

Magna Carta was issued in June 1215 and was the first document to put into writing the principle that the king and his government was not above the law. It sought to prevent the king from exploiting ...

John Bellingham (1769-1812) was the assassin of the British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval. Born in St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, Bellingham was an unsuccessful businessman with a grievance against 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 Speakership under its present title dates back to 1377 when Sir Thomas Hungerford was appointed. Equivalent presiding officers before this time were called 'parlour' or 'prolocutor' and have been ...

Henry VIII's Reformation Parliament, which sat from 1529 to 1536, fundamentally changed the nature of Parliament and of English government. The King summoned it in order to settle what was called his ...

From the late 18th century children formed a rising proportion of the population almost two out of five people by the mid-1820s. It was common for them to work to supplement family incomes. Orphans ...

George Lansbury (1859−1940) was a lifelong socialist and supporter of women's rights, along with his wife, daughters, sons and daughters-in-law. ‘There are working women... No one will want to argue ...

A prayer motion can be used by members of either House to object to a statutory instrument (SI). A motion to seeking to overturn a negative instrument will include the wording: 'That a humble Address ...