Members consider changes to draft legislation to align UK law with international marine conservation agreements.

Members of the House of Lords will debate the key areas of the Victims and Courts Bill on Tuesday 16 December.

Lords members are set to quiz the government on enabling women over the age of 70 to continue to be invited to have mammograms, school budgets in deprived areas disproportionately used on providing ...

Within 30 years of Charles II's restoration to the throne in 1660, England was once again on the verge of civil war. In 1688 the country was invaded by a foreign army and its King fled, as the Crown ...

Big Ben undergoes the biggest conservation in its history Affectionately known around the world as Big Ben and shrouded in scaffolding from 2017-2022, the Elizabeth Tower was repaired from the gilt ...

Discover the fascinating story of Defence of the Realm Act 1914 and the incredible impact it had on British society both during the First World War and the rest of the 20th century. When introduced ...

Unhealthy and disease-ridden living conditions in towns, particularly in the rapidly growing industrial areas, were a constant concern of Victorian legislators. In 1846 Parliament began defining what ...

The issues of crime and policing were taken up by Robert Peel when he became Home Secretary in 1822. Peel and his ministerial colleagues saw the increase in criminal activity as a threat to the ...

In 1885 the Criminal Law Amendment Act made homosexual acts between men illegal and by 1954 the number of men imprisoned for homosexual acts had risen to over one-thousand a year. This led to calls ...

The trial of Charles I was one of the most momentous events ever to have taken place in Westminster Hall. Kings have been deposed and murdered, but never before had one been tried and condemned to ...

Black Rod – or, to give the full title, the Lady or Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod – is a senior official in the House of Lords. Three distinct offices are rolled into one in the position of Black ...

Borough of Stevenage (Ferrier Road) Compulsory Purchase Order 2009 - A Special Procedure Order concerning the proposed compulsory acquisition of part of Chells Recreation Ground in Stevenage was laid ...