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 ...

In February 1765 the Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill to the House of Commons which sought to impose 'stamp duties' in the American colonies and the West Indian plantations on all legal ...

A copy of The New York Gazette; or The Weekly Post-Boy, Thursday, December 19, 1765, Number 1198. This paper is one of several enclosures presented to Parliament along with a copy of a letter from ...

Petition of William Penn Esquire, Heir at Law, and of John, Thomas, and Richard Penn Gentlemen, Devisees under the Will of William Penn, deceased, late Patentee of Pensilvania [Pennsylvania] in ...

Members of Parliament and Members of the House of Lords who handle personal data are each separate controllers under data protection law. A controller is a person or organisation who is the main ...

How long did S.O Davies serve as MP for Merthyr? S.O. Davies was an MP until the end of his life, representing Merthyr until his death in February 1972. Whilst his concerns and interests at ...