The Church of Scotland (Lord High Commissioner) Bill will remove the restriction on people of the Roman Catholic faith holding the office of His Majesty’s Lord High Commissioner to the General ...

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

The Chartist movement was the first mass movement driven by the working classes. It grew following the failure of the 1832 Reform Act to extend the vote beyond those owning property. In 1838 a ...

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 ...

Parliament examines what the Government is doing, makes new laws, holds the power to set taxes and debates the issues of the day. The House of Commons and House of Lords each play an important role in ...