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 UK Parliament has two Houses that work on behalf of UK citizens to check and challenge the work of Government, make and shape effective laws, and debate/make decisions on the big issues of the day ...

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 ...

Our policies govern the way we handle personal data. Please note that the House of Commons and the House of Lords are two separate controllers under data protection law. A controller is the main ...

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 ...

A good example of this practice was the 1722 Act for the construction of a handsome new 'exchange' building in Bristol where merchants could meet and do business. The Act followed petitions to ...

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The end of the First World War in 1918 created a huge demand for working-class housing in towns throughout Britain. In 1919, Parliament passed the ambitious Housing Act which promised government ...