Archive: Parliament

The Week in Westminster: May 21 - 25

All the goings on next week in parliament.

The week in politics: Troublemakers return to Westminster

The week in Westminster: June 13th – 17th

The week in Westminster: September 5th - September 9th

How to punish Myler, Crone and Hinton?

There's a lot of confusion over how the phone-hacking villains at News International can be punished. But it's really very simple: they must be humiliated in the Commons bear-pit.

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Parliament remains broken - why would the coalition fix it?

Turner's Burning Of The Houses of Lords And Commons

Parliament remains irrelevant because the government, protecting its own interests, likes to keep it that way.

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Video feature: The best political fist fights

Fighting in Ukraine's parliament. You wouldn't see that sort of thing in the Commons. Or would you?

Sometimes words just don't cut it and even the most grandiose political operator is reduced to his fists. politics.co.uk looks at some of the top political fist fights from around the world.

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Sexist 'Top Totty' parliamentary beer sparks outrage

The beer prompted a short outrage before it was banned fro the parliamentary estate.

A beer was removed from sale on the parliamentary estate this afternoon, after a Labour MP complained it was sexist.

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Interview: Mark Harper's Lords reform challenge

Mark Harper, the Conservative minister for political and constitutional reform, is tasked with achieving the hardest reform of them all

It is, perhaps, the hardest reform of them all. Can Mark Harper succeed where so many before him have failed?

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Tory grumblers told to fall in line over Lords reform

Minister ready to use Parliament Act to push through Lords reform

Lords reform was in manifesto, Mark Harper points out

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Giving the unborn their say

Do her views need representing in parliament?

Protecting the interests of the unborn is important, but representing their views now poses a bit of a headache.

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Call for 'bold action' to tackle unrepresentative Commons

Overwhelmingly white, male and middle class

There is no 'silver bullet' to fix the problem of an unrepresentative House of Commons, according to a report out today.

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The battle for parliament: How the Speaker is taking on the executive

John Bercow wants to prise more Commons time from government control

John Bercow's bid to wrap up parliament's "unfinished revolution" is setting up a clash with the government he may find difficult to win.

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EU referendum debate: Five lessons learned for power and parliament

EU referendum debate has implications for many

Here are some semi-connected points about the state of play after yesterday's EU referendum shenanigans.

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Tories wracked by mass EU revolt

The coalition government has suffered its worst rebellion by Conservative backbenchers, at the end of a divisive Commons day for the Tory party.

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Comment: Happy 50th birthday, PMQs

PMQs is by far the most gripping part of the parliamentary week

It often ends up a childish, squabbling mess. But I wouldn't change PMQs for the world.

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Veteran MP warns against parliament's 'temptations'

Are the MPs now walking around in parliament the most 'beautiful' ever?

Married MPs will have to be extra careful that they do not commit indiscretions in "the most beautiful parliament we've had in many years", Labour's Paul Flynn has warned.

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A Tory backbencher takes on the government

Not all legislation makes it onto the statute book

We've got a rather unusual piece on the site this week - a 'lessons learned' article from Tory MP Harriett Baldwin, about her bid to get a private member's bill passed through parliament.

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To the bitter end: Lessons learned from a private member's bill

Harriett Baldwin is the Conservative MP for West Worcestershire

A Tory backbencher looks back at the successes - and ultimate failure - of her bid to get a law passed through parliament.

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'Insult' added to fixed-term parliament bill

Parliament passes fixed-term parliaments bill

Voters can look forward to "continuity" and "stability" in general elections, after the fixed term parliaments bill completed its passage through parliament.

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The week in Westminster: September 5th - September 9th

The big news stories of this summer will return with a vengeance in parliament's first week back after the summer break.

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'Sickened' Cameron recalls parliament after riots

Parliament will be recalled on Thursday to debate the riots taking place in Britain's cities, David Cameron has announced.

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Comment: Is parliament's expenses rehabilitation complete?

Parliament, once the people's enemy, is fast becoming its ally again

Whether debating the death penalty or pushing the phone-hacking scandal forwards, it looks like MPs are finally getting their act together.

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Commons epetitions set 100k target

MPs could debate petitions which get over 100,000 signatures

Members of the public will be able to get issues of their choosing debated on the floor of the Commons - if they can find 99,999 people to agree with them.

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'Jonnie Marbles' charged after Murdoch pie attack

Wendi Deng, l, is quick to protect her husband

The comedian who took public anger into his own hands by attacking Rupert Murdoch with an improvised custard pie has been charged by police.

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Comment: Does the Speaker have a (parliamentary) death wish?

The Speaker must be careful when parliament returns this autumn

John Bercow needs to be careful. His tendency to jump from placid calm to apoplectic rage may be endangering his political, as well as his physical, health.

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