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 ...

Although the Irish Parliament had won its supremacy, opposition to British rule remained. In 1790 the Society of United Irishmen - mainly Protestant - was formed in Belfast. Its founder was Theobald ...

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 ...

Our policies govern the way we handle personal data. Please note that the House of Commons and the House of Lords are two separate controllers under data protection law. A controller is the main ...

Data protection legislation provides individuals with certain rights over the processing of their personal data. ‘Processing’ includes anything a controller might do with personal data, including ...

What were Miners' Agents and what did they do? Miners' Agents worked for local Miners' Federations, which acted as trade unions for mining communities. Agents dealt with disputes between miners and ...

A year before the Great Fire, London had been ravaged by bubonic plague. So great was the epidemic that King Charles II and his Court moved from London to Salisbury, while Parliament found a temporary ...