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.

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 ...

During the early post-war years the establishment of the welfare state, the programme of nationalisation, and 'cold war' defence kept expenditure almost at wartime levels. It took many years for ...

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 ...

Apart from the Victoria Tower, the Palace contains two other striking towers. Over the middle of the Palace, immediately above the Central Lobby, stands the octagonal Central Tower (91.4m, 300ft).

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 ...

This section outlines a number of key roles in Parliament ...

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 ...

The English legal system, and that of the United States and many other countries, largely developed in Westminster Hall. For almost seven centuries, the Hall was at the very centre of that system. 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 ...