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

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 ...

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 ...

How successful are the UK’s sanctions? Foreign Affairs Committee to hold one-off evidence session The Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a one-off oral evidence session on the UK’s sanctions strategy ...

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 ...

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

How successful are the UK’s sanctions? Foreign Affairs Committee to hold one-off evidence session The Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a one-off oral evidence session on the UK’s sanctions strategy ...

Affirmative procedure is a type of parliamentary procedure that applies to statutory instruments (SIs). Its name describes the form of scrutiny that the SI receives from Parliament. An SI laid under ...

During the last Parliament, the budget deficit captured much political and media attention. But recently another deficit – the current account deficit – has competed for the spotlight. While the ...

On 24th February 1920 Astor stood alone amongst an audience of over 500, mainly hostile, male MPs to deliver her maiden speech. Her subject was close to her heart - the need for restrictions on the ...