Factsheets
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: Procedure, Legislation, Members/Elections and General.
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Procedure Series
P1 Parliamentary Questions
P2 Departmental Select Committees
P3 Early Day Motions
P4 Sittings of the House
P5 Budgets and Financial Documents
P6 Financial Procedure
P7 Public Petitions
P8 Scottish and Welsh Business
P9 Divisions
P10 Programming of Government Bills
P11 The Chiltern Hundreds
P12 House of Commons Papers
P13 Command Papers
P14 Treaties
P15 Deposited Papers
P16 The Vote Bundle
P17 Guide to the Weekly Information Bulletin
Legislation Series
L1 The Parliamentary Stages of a Government Bill
L2 Private Members' Bill Procedure
L3 The Success of Private Members' Bills
L4 Private Bills
L5 Hybrid Bills
L6 General Committees
L7 Statutory Instruments
L8 Northern Ireland Legislation
L9 Order Confirmation Bills and Special Procedure Orders
L10 Church of England Measures
L11 European Communities Legislation
L12 Tracing Acts of Parliament
Members/Elections Series
M1 You and Your MP
M2 The Speaker
M3 The Father of the House
M4 Women in the House of Commons
M5 Members' Pay, Pensions and Allowances
M6 Ministerial Salaries
M7 Parliamentary Elections
M8 By-election results: 1979-83
M9 General Election Results of 9 June 1983
M10 By-election results: 1983-87
M11 General Election Results 11 June 1987
M12 By-election results: 1987-92
M13 General Election Results 9 April 1992
M14 By-election results: 1992-97
M15 General Election Results 1 May 1997
M16 By-election results: 1997-2001
General Series
G1 The House of Commons and the right to vote
G2 A Selective Booklist on the House of Commons
G3 A Brief Chronology of the House of Commons
G4 The Glorious Revolution
G5 Broadcasting Proceedings of the House of Commons
G6 Disciplinary and Penal Powers of the House of Commons
G7 Some Traditions and Customs of the House of Commons
G8 The Gunpowder Plot
G9 The Portcullis
G10 House of Commons Green
G11 The Palace of Westminster
G12 Restoration of the Palace of Westminster
G13 The Norman Shaw Buildings
G14 The Parliament Street Buildings
G15 The House of Commons Administration
G16 The Clerk of the House
G17 The Official Report (Hansard)
G18 The House of Commons Library Department
G19 The House of Commons Refreshment Department
G20 House of Commons Post Office
G21 The Outlawries Bill
Titles from the series are available free on request from the House of Commons Information Office
Publication of new Factsheets is noted in the Weekly Information Bulletin. All Factsheets are revised from time to time as circumstances alter or new developments take place.
