British Parliament - the House of Lords and the House of Commons - is the legislative body of the United Kingdom and meets in the Palace of Westminster.
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Exploring the three branches of the U.K. Parliament—the House of Commons, the House of Lords, and the monarch—and how a bill becomes law.
object both to the policy initiatives of Trump and Brexit as well as the tone and context in which these events transpired. Parliament may have voted convincingly for Britain to invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty and commence the process of secession from the European Union, but few MPs b...
The queen was said to be watching the ceremony at home in Windsor Castle on TV. It's thought she was still carrying out most of her official duties, as Williams reports, the fact that she was physically unable to make Tuesday's event is symbolic — and for many in the U....
In the snap general election May called last year, a record 208 women were elected as MPs in the House of Commons, a record high of 32 percent of the 650 serving MPs. In the unelected House of Lords, there are 206 female peers, making up 26 percent of its members....
Astor, whose husband, Waldorf Astor, had previously occupied her seat (but whose seat became vacant when he was elevated to the House of Lords following the death of his father, Viscount Astor), was the first to take her seat in the House of Commons but not the first elected. ...
By portraying the caste-like relations between priestly parliamentary clerks, kingly politicians, servant doorkeepers and unseen cleaners, and analysing titles as symbolic capital to compensate for peers’ relative lack of power, my book on the House of Lords comes over as a rather conventional ...
Lords Select Committees Lords select committees do not shadow the work o government departments but are more thematic in their remits. They can take advantage o the expertise o their Members. Many Members o the House o Lords have been appointed to the Upper House because they have yea...
Nonsense to suggest it is the Leavers who have caused the delays, nothing to do with the Remainers led by Gina Miller and the undemocratic House of Lords fighting a constant war against the decision, the regular stream of Remainers to Brussels to elicit their support and the legion of ex ...