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The summer is here, long sunny days call for one thing - staying inside and reading about #legislative matters. Any good recommendations for #legislation or #parliamentary books for holiday reading?
27.06.2025 20:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🚨 Assembly Order Paper for Tue 6 May
- Public petition from Nuala McAllister
- Executive motions from Justice, Finance and Communities Ministers
- Question Time: DAERA
- Private member motions from UUP and Sinn Fein
- Adjournment debate from Matthew O'Toole
NEW BLOG: How has Keir Starmer changed Prime Minister’s Questions?
Keir Starmer has used his opening answer at PMQs very differently from his predecessors. @ruxandrasrbn.bsky.social & Tom Fleming explore how his approach to opening PMQs compares to that of other Prime Ministers.
Why do the law officers often refuse to answer questions in parliamentary proceedings?
They’re not just being evasive. Confidentiality encourages legal advice properly to be taken in the first place.
Learn more here ⤵️
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/im-afraid-if...
Funded PhD opportunity with the University of Sheffield and the History of Parliament on Irish MPs in the 19th century House of Commons. Application deadline 5 March 2025. For further details, see the links here: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/n...
04.02.2025 14:13 — 👍 47 🔁 63 💬 1 📌 8
What problems are there with the legislative process? Have they got worse? And what can be done to fix them?
Join Meg Russell, David Natzler and @danielgover.bsky.social to discuss just this on 24 February.
Sign up for this free, online event 👇
Like in the rest of the United Kingdom, the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland conducted a First Periodic Review for implementation in 1955, but it recommended no changes to Northern Ireland's constituencies.
24.01.2025 14:55 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
1985: A camera operator looks down onto the Lords chamber
1985: a member speaks in the centre of the chamber while a camera operator records him from a stand on the chamber floor
1985: looking over the shoulder of one of the camera operators across the Lords chamber
1985: looking down onto the Lords chamber from the galleries above
Forty years ago today, regular proceedings from @ukparliament.parliament.uk were televised for the first time. Cameras were admitted to the Lords chamber to broadcast questions and a debate on the economy on BBC One and BBC Two.
23.01.2025 12:00 — 👍 37 🔁 10 💬 3 📌 0
I think this is my favourite shot from a lovely morning shooting on what seemed like the coldest day ever (last Saturday). I've always loved the spot but the light at this time of year is just perfect. #StreetPhotography #SonyAlpha #Photography #Newcastle #NewcastleuponTyne
13.01.2025 17:59 — 👍 177 🔁 20 💬 9 📌 4Here we go. Our first attempt to track legislative consent motions across the Northern Ireland Assembly, Scottish Parliament and Senedd Cymru:
procedure-browser-159b715822a4.herokuapp.com/procedure-br...
Hansard - reminding you that MPs used to make barnyard noises during debates (1885)
15.01.2025 12:32 — 👍 17 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0
For #NationalHatDay we have an MP noted for the 'strikingly rustic' hat he wore at Westminster. Find out more here about Thomas Collins, MP for Knaresborough and Boston, also known as 'Noisy Tom': victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2024/12/13/n...
15.01.2025 12:58 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0This is both an incredibly niche thing but I think it should be more of a thing. Caffè Nero subscribes to the British Newspaper Archive so it’s all free on their wifi. There. I said it.
15.01.2025 09:54 — 👍 1245 🔁 441 💬 46 📌 59
Today is the 60th anniversary of the O'Neill/Lemass summit, the first meeting between the two heads of government in 40 years.
Lemass: I shall get into terrible trouble for this
O'Neill : No, Mr Lemass, it is I who shall get into trouble for this
A 🧵on how it happened
Follow the Chamber in real time: now.parliament.uk
14.01.2025 10:04 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
New year, new podcast?
Don't fret, as last year we released our podcast 'Tales from the Green Benches: An Oral History of Parliament'. All episodes are now up to listen to wherever you get your podcasts!
🚨 New #ParliamentMatters Bulletin out now! 🚨
Your essential read on the key developments in Parliament: scrutiny, debates, reforms, and the big issues shaping policymaking.
Here's a sneak peek of what’s inside this week’s edition 👇 (1/6)
Portrait of Benjamin Disraeli. He has dark hair and a small beard. He is dressed in black and is standing with his arms folded.
Writing #OnThisDay 1835 Benjamin Disraeli reflected on his defeat at Wycombe at the recent general election. He blamed a failure to register his supporters as voters & being outspent by his opponents: ‘Had I let money fly, I shd have come in.’
11.01.2025 14:15 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
A half-length portrait painting of Thomas Erskine. In front of a dark plain burgundy background, he is wearing a dark black jacket, with a gold 4 pointed badge on his left chest. He is wearing a white shirt and tied white bow. He has dark brown hair and is clean shaven.
Born #OTD 1750, Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine. Lord Chancellor during Grenville's Ministry of All Talents, and the lawyer who defended Thomas Paine during his seditious libel trial in 1792. Find out more via his #HistParl bio. https://buff.ly/3PtLIXC
10.01.2025 15:30 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
🎙️ NEW podcast episode.
🐦 Elon Musk's tweets influenced Parliament's agenda in 3 ways this week. What were they, why and should we be concerned?
❓ Why are there so many identically worded parliamentary questions? Who is orchestrating it?
Listen now: https://buff.ly/4083Yut
