House of Commons Information Office Factsheets provide brief informative descriptions of various facets of the House of Commons. The Factsheets are divided into four series:
The House of Lords Information Office acts as a central service for answering queries from Members, staff, the press and the public. The illustrated 'The work of the House of Lords' describes the work of the House with examples drawn from the previous session.
guides to business, including Welsh and foreign language versions
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What happens at Parliament? How does your MP represent you and how does Parliament check up on the work of Government?
Take a few minutes to browse through each visual guide
Click through a simple series of animations on each slide
View easy-to-read explanations of parliamentary procedure.
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These guides are available in Flash Player which you can download from Adobe in a few minutes. Click on the 'next slide' button to start the animation and to move through eight animated slides at your own pace.
Or you can view an image-only version of each visual guide.