In 2005 Parliament passed the Constitutional Reform Act which, for the first time in constitutional history, provided for the separation of the Appellate Committee (supreme court) from the legislature ...

Parliament responds to change Britain's chief export industry was woollen textiles, though production processes were often small-scale and confined to workers' cottages. But the 18th century saw rapid ...

These pages were inserted before the first entry in the first House of Lords Journal when the journal was rebound in 1718. Some of them provide information relating to the history and location of ...

The gradual collapse of the Charles I's government prior to the Civil War enabled the House of Lords to assume a greater judicial role, and although the House was abolished in 1649 it was restored to ...

During 1916-1917, the House of Commons Speaker, James William Lowther, chaired a conference on electoral reform which recommended limited women's suffrage. Only 58% of the adult male population was ...

During the 20th century Parliament often played a decisive part in perfecting schemes designed to regenerate industries and their surrounding local and regional areas. The depressed conditions faced ...

Panoramic photograph of the Somme on the eve of battle, 1916 5 images Slideshow Letter from J P DuCane to Lloyd George on the first day of the Somme 6 images Slideshow Aerial photographs of the Somme ...

Salvaged and repaired, this account book for staff wages in the Serjeant at Arms' staff in the House of Commons contains entries right up to the day before the fire. This is one of the few remaining ...

In 1918 some women were given the vote as part of a wider expansion of the franchise. However restrictions including an age qualification of thirty years meant they still did not have the vote on ...

Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876-1948) was a lawyer, politician and the first leader of Pakistan. After spells studying and practising law in England he returned permanently to his homeland in the 1930s ...

This case study is the result of a partnership between the Parliamentary Archives, Parliamentary Outreach, Kent History & Library Centre and Marden History Group. It is part of the Connecting with ...

When World War One began in 1914, Indian citizens became heavily involved in supporting the British war effort through the provision of men and resources. By the end of the conflict, the appetite for ...