Research Briefing
Standards in the House of Commons
On Monday 8 November 2021, there will be an emergency debate in the House of Commons on “the consequences of the decision of the House on 3 November relating to standards.”
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Research Briefing
Elections Bill: instructions to the Public Bill Committee
An explanation of the motion for an instruction to the Public Bill Committee examining the Elections Bill 2021-22.
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Research Briefing
The coronavirus timeline: Measures taken by the House of Commons
The coronavirus timeline sets out the Commons’ response to the pandemic, including key ‘lock down’ dates and changes to the way parliamentarians worked. It includes links to the relevant debates in Hansard, Speaker’s Statements, Procedure Committee reports, the ‘Members’ Guide to hybrid proceedings’ and correspondence on proceedings during the pandemic.
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Insight
Coronavirus timeline: End of hybrid proceedings in the House of Commons
How has the Commons adapted procedures since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic?
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Research Briefing
How Parliament treats treaties
This paper looks at how Parliament scrutinises international treaties, and its powers to delay ratification of treaties.
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Prince Philip: Parliament to pay tribute
The Prime Minister will ask the Commons to present a humble address to the Queen.
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How might MPs scrutinise the new UK-EU relationship?
The new relationship needs different scrutiny arrangements from when the UK was in the EU and during transition.
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Coronavirus: MPs’ use of virtual participation and proxy voting by gender
Female MPs were more likely to use virtual participation and proxy voting between April and November 2020.
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Research Briefing
House of Commons trends
This is the full briefing on our series on House of Commons trends. It looks at statistics on the working and procedures of the House of Commons. It looks at the composition of the Commons, the Parliamentary mechanisms, time spent on different types of business and staffing among other things.
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House of Commons trends: Attendance at Prime Minister’s Questions
Tony Blair has had the highest attendance rate of any Prime Minister since 1979.
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House of Commons trends: What are the most popular MP names?
John and Margaret have been the most popular names for MPs since 1979.
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House of Commons trends: The age of MPs
How has the average age of MPs changed, depending on gender or party?
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House of Commons trends: E-petitions
As of the 2019 General Election, there had been nearly 23 million unique signatures since the formation of the e-petitions site.
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House of Commons trends: Paper petitions
Early signs suggest that the 2019-21 session is not following recent trends - there’s been an average of just 0.75 paper petitions per sitting day.
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House of Commons trends: Urgent Questions
There's been a sharp rise in the number of UQs allowed per sitting day since 2009.
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