Members of parliament may have to temporarily leave the House of Commons as building is refurbished

THE design and construction of the new House of Commons visitors' entrance was subject to "exceptional delay and significant cost overruns", the Commons management

The parliamentary authorities say they are not unduly worried after a member of the House of Lords reported seeing a fox in the grounds of the building.

I get terrible blogger's block during the recesses, so hay / sun etc: Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission whether information is retained by the House authorities on where and when an hon. Member uses their House of Commons pass; and if he will make a statement. [276410] Nick Harvey: It is not the policy of the Commission t...

The House of Commons Commission has revealed today that thousands of pounds worth of goods have been stolen from the Parliamentary estate over the past five years. Bizarre items include:

I see in the press this morning that the house builders, some councils, and other usual suspects are lobbying for a huge house-building programme. They still want us to believe that house prices went as high as they did because...

MPs at the House of Commons were hit with a strange short of shortage, after the building came dangerously short of loo roll paper.

Commenting on figures showing that house building in England has slumped by 19% in the last year, Liberal Democrat Shadow Communities and Local Government Secretary, Julia Goldsworthy said: "With house building hitting rock bottom, this Government’s centralised housing targets are beginning to look like nothing more than a pipe-dream. "But unreachable targets will not help the thousands of f...

Scottish MPs are to launch a full investigation into the collapse of the Dunfermline Building Society. The Herald has been told that members of the Commons Scottish Affairs Committee have agreed in principle to look into the matter.

Just catching up with the new today - been very busy. As I expected, the Speaker of the House of Commons, Michael Martin, has made no attempt to tender his resignation.  Did anyone think he would? Instead he simply asked party leaders to meet him and members of the House of Commons Commission within 48 hours to look at what proposals for reform for second homes expenses could be agreed upon a...