I don't know what hopes and aspirations Messrs. Morley, Devine and Chaytor nurtured when they achieved the ambition denied to so many of being elected to the House of Commons. But whatever they were - and let us hope for their sakes that they did at least have some - they will now be eternally remembered, if at all, as the MPs who were criminally charged for abuse of their expenses. For defrauding...

Northern Ireland politicians should not earn salaries at both Westminster and Stormont, the government says.

As the issue has been debated several times recently on this site, here’s the latest statement of the party’s position: A recent report by the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee examined the provision of homeopathy through the NHS and called for funding by the NHS to be stopped. The Committee did recognise that many

Daniel Kawczynski is Conservative MP for Shrewsbury and Atcham. Here he shares the letter he has written this week to John Lyon, the the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, seeking an investigation into a Labour MP allegedly using parliamentary facilities for...

The Conservatives face questions over crime statistics after the House of Commons library raised doubts about claims violent crime has risen 44 per cent under Labour

PARTY leaders paid tribute in the Commons yesterday to former Labour leader Michael Foot, who died last week at the age of 96.

One of the big arguements in favour of Unitary is that it is wrong for representatives from areas miles away shouldn't be able to vote on issues which impact on your area. So, for example, a Councillor from far-a-way Sprowston shouldn't vote on the closure (or not) of Westlegate. Yet last night, in the House of Commons, Labour MPs were bussed in on a three-line whip to defeat a Tory moti...

MPs would be able to scrutinise Alex Salmond's administration during special 'state of Scotland' debates at the Commons, under new proposals to improve relations between Westminster and Holyrood.

Each week, Prime Minister's Questions begins with a roll of honour - as it will today. The Prime Minister pays tribute to members of our armed forces killed in Afghanistan. The Leader of the Opposition does likewise. So does the...

Jack Straw has described Tory plans to slash the number of MPs as a ''dangerous, destructive and anti-democratic'' attempt to boost the party's influence in the Commons.