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 ...

The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill will remove the 92-peer exemption and abolish the jurisdiction of the House of ...

Members of the House of Lords begin their further examination of the Renters' Rights Bill, in report stage on Tuesday 1 July.

The Planning and Infrastructure Bill would change the law and streamline the legislation surrounding the construction of new homes and critical infrastructure. Some of the bill's provisions include: ...

A failing water sector in which “water companies increasingly look like financial institutions rather than businesses servicing monopolised critical infrastructure” is in need of “root and branch ...

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This included drawing up comprehensive By-Laws and creating Sunderland Improvement Bills to try and obtain Parliamentary powers to carry out various works. Find out more by visiting the pages below.

In the Commons the Committee of Selection chooses which MPs will serve on most of the committees of the House, including all public and private bill committees and delegated legislation committees.

The UK Parliament Study Programme (UKPSP) brings together parliamentary staff from around the world to learn about the ...

Wednesday From 3pm Questions Members press the government on: removal of VAT exemption for independent schools Westminster's Restoration and Renewal programme perinatal mental health services in ...

Following the Act of Union with Scotland in 1707 the jurisdiction of the House of Lords was extended to appeals from the Scottish courts. There were soon a large number of appeals from the ...

Lord Brougham and Vaux, appointed Lord Chancellor in 1832, energetically pursued additional changes to the judicial role of the House of Lords. He further increased the number of hours in which the ...