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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 UK-Mauritius treaty on the Chagos Archipelago will transfer sovereignty of the islands back to Mauritius, while maintaining an initial 99-year lease on the joint UK/US military base on Diego ...
On Wednesday 9 July, the House of Lords will consider the government's National Policy Statements on energy, renewable energy infrastructure and electricity networks infrastructure. Lord Wilson of ...
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 ...
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’ ...