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Ed Davis begins chamber duties as the next Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod today, as his appointment is announced in the House of Lords chamber.
Questions Lords members press the government on annual unpaid tax, recruitment and retention in the armed forces, Fujitsu’s suitability to hold government contracts, the case for establishing a ...
The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill will remove the 92-peer exemption and abolish the jurisdiction of the House of ...
President Macron will address members of both Houses assembled in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords. The Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, will give a welcome speech and the ...
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 ...
The Product Regulation and Metrology Bill will update existing measures relating to the marketing, quantities and measurements of products sold in the UK in order to better protect consumers, deliver ...
Debate Lord Wilson of Sedgefield, Lord in Waiting (Government Whip), will put forward the debate and answer on behalf of the Government. This is a general debate. During debates, members put their ...
The House of Commons is also responsible for granting money to the government through approving Bills that raise taxes. Generally, the decisions made in one House have to be approved by the other. In ...
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7.4 The area immediately behind the Bar of the House, and the division lobbies, are then cleared of visitors. The galleries, the space within the rails around the Throne, the parliamentary officials’ ...
In December 1648 the Clerk of the House since 1639, Henry Elsyng, had resigned from his post following his opposition to the actions of the Commons in relation to the King. His successor, Henry ...