Guided tours of Speaker’s House will be available on Saturdays and selected weekdays this August, giving you the rare ...

The Church of Scotland (Lord High Commissioner) Bill will remove the restriction on people of the Roman Catholic faith holding the office of His Majesty’s Lord High Commissioner to the General ...

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The Conservative Prime Minister, Edward Heath, took the UK into the EEC in January 1973 after President de Gaulle of France had blocked UK membership twice in the 1960s. This brought EEC membership to ...

Visit the public galleries in the House of Commons and the House of Lords and watch MPs and Peers question the government and debate current issues and legislation. UK residents and overseas visitors ...

In June 1945 the process began of demobilising the thousands of men and women who had served in the forces during the war. The government had begun preparations for this in 1944 with the Reinstatement ...

A new system of financial support for members was introduced on 1 October 2010. Find out more about allowances and expenses claimed by House of Lords members and the current financial support system ...

It has been clear for some time that housing supply is not keeping up with demand. Reasons for rising demand include improved life expectancy rates and a growing number of one-person households. There ...

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