Featured item: 40 years of broadcasting from the House of Lords 2025 marks the 40th anniversary of TV cameras broadcasting from the House of Lords chamber. Proceedings were televised on BBC1 and BBC2 ...
Statements, questions and debates in the House of Lords as peers scrutinise legislation and hold ministers to account on current issues and the work of the government.
Despite the order from Biden, 82, both Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and now-President Trump, 78, fought to have the flags raised for the inauguration, which fell within the 30-day ...
Talk about reforming the House of Lords has been going on for many decades but in 2011 a cross-party draft bill proposed 300 members, 80% elected and 20% appointed. The bill was dropped in 2012 ...
With MPs having approved the proposal at its first hurdle last month, it now continues through parliament for closer scrutiny — first by a committee of MPs, then to another debate and vote in the ...
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