This third element (the House of Commons) only came to be based on universal manhood suffrage in 1918, and universal adult ...

Ceremonial event marks start of new parliamentary year, and outlines government policies and proposed legislation ...

In this speech to the Commons, Conservative MP Laura Sandys calls on her fellow parliamentarians to back reform of the upper House, as a step towards strengthening the powers of Parliament as a whole, ...

IT IS THE peculiar fate of the House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, to be rarely in the headlines except when there are calls for its reform or abolition. Now is ...

The House of Lords is, in many respects, an anomaly. Most mature democracies have a second parliamentary chamber, but relatively few of these are, like the House of Lords, unelected (though Canada and ...

A proposed law to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales has run out of time to become law, almost 17 months after MPs ...

Parliament is all but certain to approve the government’s plan, but a rare show of defiance by the unelected upper house showed the depth of opposition. By Stephen Castle and Mark Landler Reporting ...

King Charles has delivered the King's Speech in the House of Lords, setting out the government's planned new laws as part of the State Opening of Parliament. The speech marks the start of the new ...