The Tobacco and Vapes Bill aims to create the first “smoke-free generation” by ensuring children turning 15 this year or ...

Members of the House of Lords begin to 'tidy up' the Mental Health Bill at third reading on Wednesday 23 April. The Mental ...

During the past 200 years Parliament has focused its attention on a wide range of issues affecting people's personal lives in relation to marriage, divorce and sexuality. Often Parliament has passed ...

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Green Papers are consultation documents produced by the Government. The aim of this document is to allow people both inside and outside Parliament to give the department feedback on its policy or ...

Generally speaking, Parliament only holds information relating to our role as a law-making body. We often receive requests for information that we do not hold and that is instead likely to be held by ...

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You can contact your MP when you, or people living in your area, are affected by decisions made by the UK Parliament or by the Government. MPs represent all the people in their local area, whether ...

Before 1918 no women were allowed to vote in parliamentary elections. In the early 20th century there were two main groups active in the campaign for women's suffrage, a term used to describe the ...

The issue of Britain and Europe provoked much debate. There were various political opinions and ideas surrounding the prospect joining the Common Market. This is a pamphlet from the papers of Sir John ...

On the night of 16 October 1834, almost all the records of the House of Commons (with the vital exception of the Commons Journals) were destroyed in the tally stack fire which left most of the Palace ...

Proposals for a national theatre were first made in 1848. In 1908 supporters of the campaign for a national theatre began working with a group who were planning a memorial to Shakespeare. On 23 April ...