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The Public Bill Committee will meet for the first time on Tuesday 2 September to scrutinise the Pension Schemes Bill line by ...
The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill will remove the 92-peer exemption and abolish the jurisdiction of the House of ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 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 ...
Chairman of the House of Lords EU Justice Sub-Committee Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws, said: “We have repeatedly asked the Government for assurances regarding citizens' rights post-Brexit, deal or no ...
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 ...