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This is the key conclusion reached by the cross-party House of Lords International Relations and Defence Committee in a hard-hitting report published today. The UK and Europe need to re-establish a ...

Whilst the campaign for votes for women is predominately recognised as a cause fought by women, men played a crucial role both in Parliament and outside. Although many MPs opposed votes for women, ...

A minority government is a government formed by a political party that does not have an overall majority of MPs in the House of Commons. A party may decide to govern alone - rather than form a ...

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What did the Act achieve? Passed just before the outbreak of WWII, as a response to Germany and the Soviet Union's non-aggression pact, this Act gave the Government special powers to take almost any ...

The Speaker of the House of Commons visited Qatar from the 16 to 18 September to strengthen ties between the two Parliaments.

Ukraine: a wake-up call for the UK and NATO The House of Lords International Relations and Defence Committee has today published its report, ‘Ukraine: a wake-up call’. 26 September 2024 European ...

Two events have changed the way Members of the House of Lords are appointed: the 1999 House of Lords Act, which ended hereditary Peers' right to pass membership down through family, and the ...

Proposals for a British Bill of Rights have come from across the political spectrum. The various plans would have very different consequences The Human Rights Act (HRA) was introduced in 1998 to ...

In March 1625 James VI and I died and was succeeded by his son Charles I. Unlike his father, Charles was not interested in uniting his kingdoms - but he was determined to assert his authority in each ...

“We are not here, Mr. Adam, to secure your happiness, but to preserve the institution of marriage and the purity of the home. And therefore one of you must commit adultery ... someone has to behave ...