Bill has its third reading, a chance for members to make sure the eventual law is effective, workable and without loopholes, ...

Tightening the detention criteria in the 1983 Act and providing for more frequent reviews Limiting the period that people with autism or a learning disability can be detained Removing prisons and ...

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The Life Peerages Act 1958 introduced more people from different professions, and more women. Before the Act, the House of Lords had been made up exclusively of hereditary Peers. A life Peer cannot ...

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In the interests of transparency, the information provided below represents the net cost, after accounting for income, of all the trading activities of the House of Commons Catering Services. The ...

From the 1640s, the Hall began to attract large gatherings of petitioners. When a petition for the abolition of bishops was presented in November 1640, some 300 to 400 people brought it into the Hall, ...

Most public spending requires annual authorisation of Parliament through a process known as supply. The supply process requires government departments, other public bodies and pension funds to present ...

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Churchill died on 24 January 1965, at the age of 90. Arrangements for his state funeral began much earlier, in 1957. The project was codenamed ‘Operation Hope Not' and it was decided that this funeral ...

The Your UK Parliament Awards celebrate people across the UK who have taken action on the issues they care about. 2021 marks the fourth year of the Your UK Parliament Awards. The past year has been ...

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