The UK Parliament has two Houses that work on behalf of UK citizens to check and challenge the work of Government, make and shape effective laws, and debate/make decisions on the big issues of the day ...

At the outbreak of the First World War, Emmeline Pankhurst suspended the activities of the Women's Social and Political Union and concentrated her efforts on helping the government recruit women into ...

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Select committees work in both Houses. They check and report on areas ranging from the work of government departments to economic affairs. Select committees run inquiries on specific topics. The ...

UK residents and overseas visitors may watch committees when they are in session. This is free of charge. The House of Commons select committees examine the work of government departments. Some select ...

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St Mary Undercroft, which was rebuilt in the nineteenth century, is still a working chapel within the Houses of Parliament. It was decorated in the nineteenth century by Edward Barry. During its long ...

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This memorandum relates to the 1918 Maclean Committee regarding the House of Commons' Clerks Department. Other papers from the committee include a table of the organisation of the department and the ...