The Finance Bill 2024-25 was published on 6 November 2024. The Bill’s Explanatory Notes and full details of the Bill’s ...

On Thursday 19 December, members of the House of Lords debated the government policy towards China, especially in relation to ...

Ministers and expert witnesses gave evidence on 13 and 14 December as part of this year’s Youth Select Committee inquiry.

The Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords] was introduced in the House of Commons on 27 November 2024. The Bill’s second ...

Sir Lindsay Hoyle and his wife welcomed 12 children with life threatening conditions into Speaker’s House for a special ...

Many football fans from England and Wales – sadly, not Scotland - enjoyed Qatar’s hospitality when they travelled to support ...

Over 2900 young people, aged 11-18, from across the UK Overseas Territories, have voted in the first ever Make Your Mark ...

Private Members' bills are public bills introduced by MPs and Lords who are not government ministers. As with other public bills their purpose is to change the law as it applies to the general ...

When making regulations under powers in the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018, a Minister may choose either the negative or affirmative procedure in most cases. When the Minister proposes to use the negative ...

John Stuart Mill MP was a philosopher and political economist who argued for women's equality. The Great Reform Act of 1832 expanded the electorate but to ‘male persons' only. In 1866 John Stuart Mill ...

The origins of the British Empire in India lie in the East India Company, which in the 17th century established successful trading posts on the Indian coast at Surat, Bombay, Madras and Calcutta.

The possibility of a union between Great Britain and Ireland had been discussed since the mid-seventeenth century but the rebellion of 1798 threw the issue into focus and, combined with a threat of ...