The Renters' Rights Bill seeks to abolish fixed term assured tenancies and assured shorthold tenancies. It will also impose ...

The Progress of Public Bills list includes the dates of all stages of public bills laid before Parliament this session. The Public Bill pages on the Parliamentary website have been relaunched with a ...

The Data (Use and Access) Bill begins its final checks in the Lords. Find out more ...

The UK public elects 650 Members of Parliament (MPs) to represent their interests and concerns in the House of Commons. MPs consider and propose new laws, and can scrutinise government policies by ...

A private member’s bill is a type of public bill introduced by an individual member of the House (rather than the government). Public bills affect everyone. Private members' bills must go through the ...

Hear from members of the House of Lords as the Lord Speaker finds out what influences their work in and beyond the Lords. Each episode sees Lord McFall of Alcluith ...

Top officials from the Department for Work and Pensions will be questioned on its annual accounts on Wednesday. The cross-party Work and Pensions Committee are likely ...

Although suicide itself is no longer a criminal act, under section 2 of the Suicide Act 1961 it remains a criminal offence for a third party to assist or encourage another to commit suicide.

Parliamentary scrutiny of carbon budgets and airport expansion within the law: Energy Security Secretary sets out commitments to MPs Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Ed Miliband ...

The government of the Raj consisted wholly of British officials and was headed by the viceroy and the appointed members of his council. After the Indian Councils Act was passed in 1861 this executive ...

Reacting to the announcement by the Chancellor that the Government supports plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport, Environmental Audit Committee Chair, Toby Perkins MP, said: 29 January 2025 ...