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Delivered on Wednesday 18th of June 2025 by The Rt Hon. Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office.
A one-day training to equip parliamentary officials in Solomon Islands on effective media relations concluded last month.
The landmark legislation will remove the right of the remaining 92 hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords and is the largest constitutional reform to the UK Parliament in a quarter of a century
The Government will extend measures to speed up increasing the representation of women bishops within the Lords Spiritual for a further five years.
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A film about working as a Parliamentary Counsel.
Oral statement by Scottish Secretary Alister Jack to the House of Commons today in relation to the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Keynote speech from Penny Mordaunt, Leader of the House of Commons, at the Institute for Government annual conference
Somaliland international partners visited Hargeisa to discuss the next steps and timelines for Somaliland’s elections.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Ambassador Kate Foster met with President Said Abdullahi Deni, where they discussed progress towards the One Person One Vote election.
New laws announced in the Queen’s Speech will strengthen the integrity of UK elections and protect our democracy from fraud and intimidation
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Michael Gove, has written to Michael Russell MSP
International partners signed a joint statement welcoming the dialogue between the Jubaland administration and the leadership of the Jubaland Council for Change.
Local, mayoral and Police and Crime Commissioner elections in May 2020 are postponed.
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster David Lidington has written to the Electoral Commission, the Wales Electoral Coordination Board and the Scottish Elections Management Board.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
A speech by the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Rt Hon David Mundell MP, marking the 20th anniversary of the Scotland Act 1998.
The Scottish Secretary, David Mundell, brings the final uncommenced section of the Scotland Act 2016 into force
The Houses of Parliament have passed government proposals for changes to anonymous voter registration.
The government will consult on plans to remove personal information from ballot paper and new electoral law offence.
Chris Skidmore, Minister for the Constitution, hosted the inaugural Electoral Summit yesterday, 11 December 2017.
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