The Lord Speaker, Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, gave the following address to the National Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast on July 7 2026 in Westminster Hall.

The Lord Speaker, Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, gave the following speech to the NATO Parliamentary Summit in Istanbul on 29 June 2026.

Steel Industry Bill has its third reading, a chance for members to make sure the eventual law is effective, workable and without loopholes on Monday 13 July.

Government responds to EFRA report on South East Water failings The Government has welcomed the EFRA Committee’s damning report into South East Water (SEW), which prompted the resignations of its ...

Westminster Hall is the oldest building in Parliament and almost the only part of the ancient Palace of Westminster which survives in almost its original form. The Hall was built in 1097 under William ...

Gladstone had, before the 1885 election, already decided that some degree of home rule in Ireland was inevitable. Initially, he wanted to proceed on a cross-party basis but when that proved impossible ...

Between 1845-52 Ireland suffered a period of starvation, disease and emigration that became known as the Great Famine. The potato crop, upon which a third of Ireland's population was dependent for ...

The second chamber of Parliament is steeped in an eventful history which has shaped today's House. Here are some key dates in the evolution of the Lords Resources for schools: What is the House of ...

Discover the story of the 1918 Education Act and the impact it had on British society during the 20th century. The 1918 Act raised the school leaving age from 12 to 14. It abolished all fees in state ...

When the Long Parliament first met in November 1640 its Members, in both houses, were almost unanimous in their condemnation of the non-parliamentary policies of the Personal Rule. The first target of ...

The summer of 1940 saw the Battle of Britain, the aerial conflict between the Royal Air Force and the German Luftwaffe, reach its apex. When in this speech Churchill stated 'Never in the field of ...

In response to an invitation of seven peers (the so-called Immortal Seven) to invade England in order to preserve Protestantism, to investigate the true parentage of James II's child, and to call a ...