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• Public Bills page - change to layout
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Latest news and announcements about Parliament

• Private Members Bills
  The Commons will discuss Private Members' business. Details of today’s bills can be found on the Order of Business page
• Climate change
  The Lords will debate the report from the Economic Affairs Committee on the Economics of Climate Change
• Disable people
  The Lords will debate the Disabled Persons (Independent Living) Bill

• Future Business : week beginning 17th July
  Click on the following links for future business in the House of Commons or the House of Lords

• Unemployment
  Recent Commons Library research papers for 2006 include:
  * Unemployment by Constituency, June 2006 (PDF)

Other Highlights

• Scrutiny Uncovered
  This new video offers an introduction to the work of Select Committees, the cross-party bodies responsible for carrying out Parliament's key role - to hold the Government of the day to account.

• Parliament Live
  You can watch or listen to live coverage of all UK Parliament proceedings - including all Committees which are meeting in public.
• Today in the Commons and Lords (Hansard)
  You can read everything said in both Houses throughout the day. The published record will be available the following morning.
• Find your MP
  Find out which constituency you are in, who your local MP is and how to contact them. You can search by postcode, by name or by constituency.

• Working for Parliament
  Find out about graduate placements at the House of Commons and latest vacancies at the House of Lords:
  * Job Opportunities page

• Archive
  * Full details of previous news and announcements