In June 1820 William Cobbett presented this petition to Parliament. In the petition he described himself as a farmer, explaining that he had purchased an estate in the county of Southampton in 1805 ...

An Act for making more effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec in North America. Following the Boston Tea Party in December 1773, Parliament passed a series of Acts in 1774 ...

The cause of home rule languished until the Liberals returned to government in 1906. In January 1910, H H Asquith - Prime Minister since 1908 - was forced to call an election because of an impasse ...

Throughout the 17th century the English Parliament displayed a growing determination to directly control Irish affairs. As well as indirect control over Irish laws via Poynings' Law, the English ...

Featured item: 40 years of broadcasting from the House of Lords 2025 marks the 40th anniversary of TV cameras broadcasting from the House of Lords chamber. Proceedings were televised on BBC1 and BBC2 ...

The UK public elects 650 Members of Parliament (MPs) to represent their interests and concerns in the House of Commons. MPs consider and propose new laws, and can scrutinise government policies by ...

Petition of William Penn Esquire, Heir at Law, and of John, Thomas, and Richard Penn Gentlemen, Devisees under the Will of William Penn, deceased, late Patentee of Pensilvania [Pennsylvania] in ...

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A year before the Great Fire, London had been ravaged by bubonic plague. So great was the epidemic that King Charles II and his Court moved from London to Salisbury, while Parliament found a temporary ...

Only in the spring of 1923 did the Parliament of Northern Ireland and the Oireachtas in Dublin start to function normally. The Westminster Parliament now governed the United Kingdom of Great Britain ...

In 1832 the Reform Act increased Irish representation in the House of Commons by 5 Members, rather than the 20 demanded by Daniel O'Connell. The 1830s were dominated by agrarian unrest, in response to ...

These two Acts concern the management of the River Thames. "An Act to give to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings extended Time and further Powers for completing the ...