Sarah Clarke, the first woman to be appointed to the role of Black Rod in its 670-year history, will leave Parliament later ...

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The King leaves Buckingham Palace in a procession that makes its way through the streets to the Houses of Parliament. The King then arrives at Sovereign's Entrance. When the King is seated upon the ...

Church of England was essential to maintain the peace. Parliament only gradually removed restrictions on worship outside the Church of England, as well as the role of non-Anglicans in political life.

TV cameras broadcasting from the House of Lords chamber. Proceedings were televised on BBC1 and BBC2 for the first time on 23 ...

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 ...

The military casualties incurred by the UK during the World Wars dwarf anything that has occurred since. Three times as many British forces died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme (19,240) ...

An emergency debate is a debate called at short notice in the House of Commons on a matter that should have urgent consideration. An MP may apply to the Speaker for an emergency debate on Mondays to ...

After the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 moves were made to revise and re-introduce the Prayer Book. In May 1662 Parliament passed another Act of Uniformity which authorised the use of a revised ...

The 1922 Committee, also known as "the 22", is a committee of all backbench Conservative MPs that meets weekly when the Commons is sitting. Its chair, usually a senior MP, is elected by committee ...

In 1918 Parliament passed the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act which allowed women to become MPs for the first time. It was a very short Act, only one page long, stating simply that women were ...

The Chartist movement was the first mass movement driven by the working classes. It grew following the failure of the 1832 Reform Act to extend the vote beyond those owning property. In 1838 a ...