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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.
Nelson Mandela addressed Members of the Commons and the Lords in 1993 and in 1996 as President of South Africa. Mikhail Gorbachev addressed the Houses as a secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and a foreign delegate of the Soviet Union in 1984 and again, in 1993, on behalf of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
The House of Commons in the early 19th century by Augustus Pugin and Thomas Rowlandson. The House of Commons underwent an important period of reform during the 19th century. Over the years, several anomalies had developed in borough representation.
He gave his backing to Dumpster Kids, a not-for-profit organisation aimed at rescuing abandoned children, in January 2011. Since 2023, he routinely hosts the House of Lords themed podcast Lord Speaker's Corner, which features him discussing peership and other political topics with fellow Lords in Parliament. [9]
The Officers of the Commons 1363–1978. Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Butler, David; Butler, Gareth (2000). Twentieth Century Political Facts 1900–2000 (Hardcover ed.). Macmillan Press. ISBN 0-333-77221-0. Cobbett, Richard. The Parliamentary History of England. Cook, Chris; Keith, Brendan (1975). British Historical Facts 1830–1900 ...
The commissioners for the barons and the burghs chose their representatives to the British House of Commons at the same time. [28] Queen Anne addressing the House of Lords, c. 1708–1714, by Peter Tillemans An early 19th-century illustration showing the east wall of the House of Lords in the centre.
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 Parliamentary Archives of the United Kingdom preserves and makes available to the public the records of the House of Lords and House of Commons back to 1497, as well as some 200 other collections of parliamentary interest. The present title was officially adopted in November 2006, as a change from the previous title, the House of Lords ...