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A briefing paper which "maps" (or summarises) the main elements of the United Kingdom's uncodified constitution.

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Commons Briefing papers
Date
29 September 2026
Reference
CBP-9384

A briefing paper on the office and functions of the Prime Minister

Type
Commons Briefing papers
Date
21 July 2026
Reference
CBP-9880

Does parliament have a say in deploying UK military forces?

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Commons Briefing papers
Date
12 March 2026
Reference
CBP-10001

There will be a Westminster Hall debate on 12 January 2026 on an e-petition calling for a new general election. The debate will be opened by John Lamont MP. The Petitions Committee agreed to the debate in response to e-petition 727309 that attracted over 1 million signatures.

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Commons Debate packs
Date
2 January 2026
Reference
CDP-2025-0251
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Select Committee reports; House of Lords papers; Parliamentary committees
Committee
Constitution Committee
Date
19 November 2025
Reference
HL 216 2024-26
House
House of Lords

A briefing paper on the constitutional aspects of the Crown

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Commons Briefing papers
Date
3 August 2025
Reference
CBP-8885

A briefing paper on the royal prerogative and ministerial advice to the Crown on both the prerogative and statutory public appointments

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Commons Briefing papers
Date
1 August 2025
Reference
CBP-9877

A research briefing examining recent developments in relation to the law concerning the dissolution of Parliament

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Commons Briefing papers
Date
21 May 2025
Reference
CBP-10095

A briefing paper on the history of and procedure relating to Royal Assent, not just in the UK Parliament but in the devolved legislatures and for Church of England Measures.

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Commons Briefing papers
Date
12 May 2025
Reference
CBP-9466

There will be a Westminster Hall debate on 6 January 2025 on an e-petition calling for a new general election. The debate will be opened by Jamie Stone MP. The Petitions Committee agreed to the debate in response to e-petition 700143 that attracted over 2.9 million signatures.

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Commons Debate packs
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17 December 2024
Reference
CDP-2024-0177
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Select Committee reports (Government responses); House of Commons papers; Parliamentary committees
Committee
Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
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16 April 2024
Reference
HC 685 2023-24
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House of Commons
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Select Committee reports; House of Commons papers; Parliamentary committees
Committee
Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Date
23 January 2024
Reference
HC 204 2023-24
House
House of Commons
Type
Select Committee reports; House of Lords papers; Parliamentary committees
Committee
International Agreements Committee
Date
13 October 2022
Reference
HL 71 2022-23
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House of Lords

The Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 received Royal Assent on 24 March 2022. The Prime Minister is now able to request a dissolution at the time of their choosing.

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Briefing papers on bills
Date
28 March 2022
Reference
CBP-9308
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Public acts
Date
24 March 2022
Reference
2022 c. 11; CHAP 11 2022

Moved by

Lord True

Member
Lord True (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 March 2022
Reference
820 c855
House
House of Lords

My Lords, with the leave of the House, I will briefly remind your Lordships of where we find ourselves. Your Lordships’ House amended the Bill, which had been passed by the other place, to give the Commons the right to a veto on dissolution and invited the other place to...

Member
Lord True (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 March 2022
Reference
820 c856
House
House of Lords

My Lords, after a short debate in the other place, the amendment proposed by this House was disagreed, and here we are today. There is still an issue: we believe the Dissolution of Parliament should not be based on the revival of the prerogative, but the other place takes a...

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Lord Judge (Crossbench)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 March 2022
Reference
820 cc856-7
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I hope we are all agreed that we should not insist on the amendment that we passed on the previous occasion. However, we were right to ask the other place to think again. Indeed, even though it was a relatively short debate, and programmed as such, it was...

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Lord Lansley (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 March 2022
Reference
820 c857
House
House of Lords

My Lords, we should not let this moment pass without reminding ourselves of precisely what a bizarre set of circumstances we find ourselves in. I remind the House that the Lords amendment that we sent to the Commons says:

“The powers referred to in subsection (1)”

—that is, the power to dissolve...

Member
Lord Grocott (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 March 2022
Reference
820 cc857-8
House
House of Lords