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.