Parliament of the United Kingdom

Joined the Commonwealth: 28 April 1949

CPA Branch Formed: 1 January 1911

Unicameral/Bicameral: Bicameral – House of Commons (650), House of Lords (784)

Parliament/Legislature website: UK Parliament

Standing Orders: House of Commons, House of Lords

Parliamentary Committees:

Number of Departmental/Ministry Oversight Committees: 20 departmental Select Committees, 7 internal select committees and 8 general committees. Further information can be found here.

Number of Joint Committees (if bicameral): 5: The Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills, the Joint Committee on Human Rights, the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy, the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments and the Joint Committee on Tax Law.

Names of House Management (such as Privileges or Procedure) Committees: 20, Administration and Works Committee (House of Lords), Administration Committee (House of Commons), Administration Estimate Audit, Finance and Services Committee, House Committee, House of Lords Audit Committee, Information Committee (House of Lords), Leader's Group on Members Leaving the House, Leader's Group on Working Practices, Lords' Conduct (Sub-Committee), Members' Allowances Committee, Members Estimate Audit, Members Estimate Committee, Privileges and Conduct (Committee for), Procedure Committee (House of Commons), Procedure Committee (House of Lords), Refreshment Committee, Speaker's Committee for IPSA, Standards and Privileges Committee, Works of Art

Recent articles in The Parliamentarian (2019 to present):

• The Parliamentarian 2023 Issue Two - Hon. Rushanara Ali, MP 'Examining Gender-Based Violence and Trade' - following World Trade Congress on Gender at the WTO
• The Parliamentarian 2023 Issue One - Rt Hon. Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the House of Commons CSPOC presentation: Parliamentary Security and its impact on democracy
• The Parliamentarian 2022 Issue Two - Hon. Nigel Huddleston MP 'Looking ahead to the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham with the UK Sports Minister'
• The Parliamentarian 2022 Issue Two - Rt Hon. Karen Bradley MP 'Human Trafficking and Sport: The Shadowy reality hidden in plain sight'
• The Parliamentarian 2022 Issue Two - Hon. Theo Clarke MP 'How the Commonwealth can lead by tackling deforestation to create a greener more prosperous future for our planet'
• The Parliamentarian 2022 Issue One - Rt Hon. Karen Bradley MP 'Delivering democracy: Lessons learned in legislating in the UK Parliament through the COVID-19 pandemic'
• The Parliamentarian 2022 Issue One - Khadijah Khatun (Commonwealth Youth Voices - BIM Region) 'Inclusive Parliaments for Inclusive Societies' 
• The Parliamentarian 2021 Issue Four - Baroness Kishwer Falkner, Chair of the Commonwealth Forum of National Human Rights Institutions 'The work that National Human Rights Institutions from across the Commonwealth have been undertaking to uphold the human rights of disabled people during the pandemic'
• The Parliamentarian 2021 Issue Four - Dr Lisa Cameron, MP - Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Disability 'Parliaments must prioritise accessibility for Persons with Disabilities'  
• The Parliamentarian 2021 Issue Three - Caroline Lucas MP, Chair of UK Parliament All-Party Parliamentary Climate Change Group 'How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected climate change policies/legislation and what role do Parliamentarians have in planning for a ‘green recovery'?'
• The Parliamentarian 2021 Issue Three - Rt Hon. Lord Reed, President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom 'The UK Supreme Court: What is its role, and what is its relationship with Parliament?' 
• The Parliamentarian 2021 Issue Two - Rt Hon. Maria Miller, MP 'Valuing women in public life is a sure way to a more equal society. Protecting them online is the first step.' 
• The Parliamentarian 2021 Issue One - Hon. Pauline Latham MP 'Honouring our commitments: Why halving malaria across the Commonwealth is vital to a healthy future for all'
• The Parliamentarian 2021 Issue One - Alasdair Rendall, Head of Media Relations at the UK House of Commons - Sharing knowledge in unprecedented times: developing a Commonwealth Parliamentary Communications Network (CPCN) 
• The Parliamentarian 2020 Issue Four - Chris Elmore, MP, Chair of APPG on Social Media - 'Digital pandemic of misinformation threatens our best hope of ending this crisis'
• The Parliamentarian 2020 Issue Three - Lord Stewart Wood of Anfield (UN-UK Association) - '75th anniversary of the UN and the work of UN Associations' 
• The Parliamentarian 2020 Issue Two - Alex Norris MP, Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care) - 'Ridding our world of modern slavery by 2030' 
• The Parliamentarian 2020 Issue Two - Wera Hobhouse MP - 'Life for a backbencher in the virtual Parliament' (Electoral Reform Society)
• The Parliamentarian 2020 Issue Two - Lord Robertson of Port Ellen - 'COVID-19, the Commonwealth and the urgency of action on road traffic injury' (Commonwealth Road Safety Initiative)
• The Parliamentarian 2020 Issue One - Nick Herbert, Former MP, 'LGBT Rights in the Commonwealth and the Global Equality Caucus'
• The Parliamentarian 2019 Issue Three - Rt Hon. Jeremy Hunt, MP, Speech at Global Conference on Media Freedom
• The Parliamentarian 2019 Issue Three - Rt Hon. Sir Lindsay Hoyle, MP, Deputy Speaker of the United Kingdom House of Commons, Emerging security issues for Parliamentarians and the impact on democracy
• The Parliamentarian 2019 Issue Three - Hon. Jim Fitzpatrick, MP, Putting Road Safety on the Commonwealth Agenda
• The Parliamentarian 2019 Issue Three - Helen Goodman, MP, In Defence of Multilateralism
• The Parliamentarian 2019 Issue Two - Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State for the Commonwealth and UN - 'Commonwealth at 70: A Connected Commonwealth: Democracy and diversity at the heart of a fairer, modern Commonwealth'
• The Parliamentarian 2019 Issue Two - Rt Hon. Lord Collins of Highbury, Shadow Spokesperson for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs - 'A Peoples' Commonwealth – Looking beyond Governments (LGBT Rights)'
• The Parliamentarian 2019 Issue Two - Rt Hon. Lord Chidgey, Co-Chair, All Party Parliamentary Group on the Commonwealth - 'The engagement of UK Parliamentarians in CHOGMs, both in London last year and in the forthcoming CHOGM in Rwanda'
• The Parliamentarian 2019 Issue Two - Shabana Mahmood MP - 'Report on the CAPAC meeting in Fiji'
• The Parliamentarian 2019 Issue One - Rt Hon. Harriet Harman, QC, MP - 'CWP at 30 - Commonwealth Women in politics: progress on global change'
• The Parliamentarian 2019 Issue One - Rt Hon. Baroness D'Souza - 'CWP at 30 - Reflections on Women's Empowerment'
• The Parliamentarian 2019 Issue One - Rt Hon. Maria Miller, MP - 'CWP at 30 - The work of the UK Parliament's Women and Equalities Select Committee'
• The Parliamentarian 2019 Issue One - Hon. Dawn Butler, MP - 'Women's issues in the UK including economic empowerment and violence against women'
• The Parliamentarian 2019 Issue One - Hon. James Duddridge, MP - CPA UK Chairperson - 'Report on the Westminster Seminar 2018'