Although the Irish Parliament had won its supremacy, opposition to British rule remained. In 1790 the Society of United Irishmen - mainly Protestant - was formed in Belfast. Its founder was Theobald ...

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 ...

Our privacy notices describe how we handle personal data. They are listed below. Which privacy notice applies to you will depend on who you are and which House of Parliament you are going to contact, ...

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 ...

Data protection legislation provides individuals with certain rights over the processing of their personal data. ‘Processing’ includes anything a controller might do with personal data, including ...

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 ...

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 ...

Although certainly capable of higher office, S.O. enjoyed the work of a constituency MP and was very much a grassroots politician throughout his career: this undoubtedly reflected his earlier career ...

The failure to fulfil Pitt's pledge on emancipation – under which Catholics would be able to sit in Parliament – also weakened the union almost from its birth. The issue was kept alive by Henry ...

Cromwellian Ireland had no parliament of its own, but was merged into one Commonwealth with England and Scotland, sending six - later 30 -members to a single Parliament at Westminster. From 1653, ...

What were Miners' Agents and what did they do? Miners' Agents worked for local Miners' Federations, which acted as trade unions for mining communities. Agents dealt with disputes between miners and ...

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 ...