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BBC Parliament is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel from the BBC that showcases parliamentary content from across the United Kingdom. It broadcasts live and recorded coverage of the British Parliament (House of Commons, House of Lords and Select Committees), the Scottish Parliament, the London Assembly, the Northern Ireland Assembly and the Senedd.
The House of Commons Broadcast Service was established in October 1977 to maintain the video and audio equipment for broadcasting House of Commons proceedings. CBC had applied for the license in June 1979 [1] to broadcast the House of Commons video feed with additional commentary. A competitive bid, by Canadian cable tv consortium, Cable ...
The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. The leader of the majority party in the House of Commons by convention becomes the prime minister ...
The Speaker presides over debates in the House of Commons, as depicted in the above print commemorating the destruction of the Commons Chamber by fire in 1834. At the beginning of each new parliamentary term, the House of Commons elects one of its members as a presiding officer, known as the Speaker.
8 Sep 1951: Elected as Labour; whip suspended 23 July 2024 016 Gareth Thomas: Lab Harrow West: 15 Jul 1967: 017 The Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle: Spe: Chorley: 10 Jun 1957: Speaker of the House of Commons since 2019. 018 The Rt Hon John Healey: Lab Rawmarsh and Conisbrough: 13 Feb 1960: Secretary of State for Defence: 019
The Virtual House of Commons is a name given to a series of measures involving the United Kingdom's House of Commons, including the use of video-conferencing and the practising of social distancing. The measures were announced in April 2020 to help stop the spread of coronavirus during the ongoing pandemic .
House of Commons; Speaker of the Commons: Hon. Anthony Rota 5 Dec 2019 – 27 Sep 2023: Louis Plamondon (interim) 27 Sep 2023 – 3 Oct 2023: Hon. Greg Fergus 3 Oct 2023 – present: Government House Leader: Hon. Mark Holland 26 Oct 2021 – 26 Jul 2023: Hon. Karina Gould 26 Jul 2023 – present: Opposition House Leader: Gérard Deltell 2 Sep ...
The Justice Select Committee of the United Kingdom is a select committee of the House of Commons which scrutinizes the policy, administration, and spending of the Ministry of Justice. In addition, the committee examines the work of the Law Officers of the Crown, the Serious Fraud Office, and the Crown Prosecution Service.