The Houses of Parliament could be sold because the building is slowly sinking into the Thames and repairs could cost the taxpayer up to £1billion.
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Telegraph on 23rd Jan 2012 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
Babar Ahmad is a British Citizen who has been detained in the UK for 7 years without trial fighting extradition to the USA under the controversial no-evidence-required Extradition Act 2003. In June 2011, the Houses of Parliament, Joint Committee on Human Rights urged the UK government to change the law so that Babar Ahmad’s perpetual threat of extradition is ended without further delay. Sinc...
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OrganizedRage on 20th Sep 2011 (via organizedrage.com)
Archery makes history by becoming the first sport to be played at the Houses of Parliament.
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BBCPolitics on 6th Sep 2011 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
MPs hosted events in Parliament for an organistation which has been accused of being a front for Pakistani spies, it can be disclosed.
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Telegraph on 12th Aug 2011 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
Obama is due to give a setpiece speech to the two Houses of parliament, where he will discuss the 'essential' US-UK partnership, which the White House depicts as 'the cornerstone of global security'
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FT on 27th May 2011 (via ft.com)
US President Barack Obama will give a foreign policy speech to both Houses of Parliament after talks with Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday.
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BBCPolitics on 27th May 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
LDV has been bringing you the words of our new representatives as they speak for the first time in the Houses of Parliament. We bring you maiden speeches from new MPs and new members of the House of Lords. You can find an archive of all maiden speeches we’ve published by clicking this link. If
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 21st Jan 2011 (via libdemvoice.org)
Government wins the vote with a reduced majority of 21 amid fires and escalating violence outside the Houses of Parliament.
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Telegraph on 9th Dec 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Labour MP Paul Farrelly says he will not face disciplinary action for wrestling a man to the floor inside the Houses of Parliament.
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BBCPolitics on 6th Dec 2010 (via bbc.co.uk)
Urgent repairs to the Houses of Parliament over the next five years will cost £69 million.
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Scotsman on 30th Nov 2010 (via news.scotsman.com)