Visit the Parliament TV section of our site to watch live and archived coverage of all UK Parliament proceedings taking place in public, including debates and committee meetings of both Houses.

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CHAIR’S FOREWORD Parliament, through the Political and Constitutional Reform Select Committee of the House of Commons, has spent the full fixed five-year term of the 2010 Parliament looking at the path to possible codification of the United Kingdom’s constitution. In a unique collaboration with a team from the Centre for Constitutional and Political Studies at King’s College London, led ...

Jan 15, 2025 · Questions, bills and debates: discover what's coming up in the House of Lords.

The House of Commons is also responsible for granting money to the government through approving Bills that raise taxes. Generally, the decisions made in one House have to be approved by the other. In this way the two-chamber system acts as a check and balance for both Houses. The Commons The Commons is publicly elected. The party with the largest number of members in the Commons forms the ...

Visitors to Parliament can watch debates and committee hearings taking place in the House of Commons and House of Lords.

Parliamentary sovereignty is a principle of the UK constitution. It makes Parliament the supreme legal authority in the UK, which can create or end any law. Generally, the courts cannot overrule its legislation and no Parliament can pass laws that future Parliaments cannot change. Parliamentary sovereignty is the most important part of the UK constitution.

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HM Government consists of the Prime Minister, their Cabinet and junior ministers, supported by the teams of non-political civil servants that work in government departments. The Government are the people responsible for running the country. …

Jan 12, 2024 · Prime Minister's Question Time, also referred to as PMQs, gives MPs the chance to question the Prime Minister. PMQs takes place at midday every Wednesday when the Commons is sitting