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Members of the House of Lords begin their further examination of the Employment Rights Bill in report stage on Monday 14 July.
Questions Lords members press the government on plans to raise taxes, UK soft power, TV advertisements for less healthy foods, and foreign ownership of newspapers. Bills Members examine the Employment ...
Members of the House of Lords begin their detailed examination of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, in committee stage on ...
The Product Regulation and Metrology Bill returns to the House of Lords for consideration of Commons amendments in ...
Here is an overview of debates scheduled in the Commons Chamber over the coming week. This business was announced in the Commons Chamber by the Leader of the House of Commons, Lucy Powell on Thursday ...
Members of the House of Lords consider Commons changes to the Football Governance Bill in 'ping pong' on Tuesday 15 July.
Thomas Power O'Connor (1848-1929) was a journalist and MP. Initially elected for Galway, he then became the only MP to be elected as an Irish Nationalist for an English constituency, Liverpool ...
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 ...
The onset of the pandemic not only overturned a way of working that has kept the House of Commons functioning for more than 700 years – but in many ways, it forced the organisation to become more ...
The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee will this week hold its first virtual evidence session for its new inquiry into the Science of COVID-19, by investigating the virology of SARS-CoV-2 ...