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Parliament for Students

Students wanting to learn more about Parliament should have a look at the Parliamentary Education Unit's excellent home page: Explore Parliament.  There is also a junior version for under-12s: Junior Parliament.

Various resources are available on request from the Parliamentary Education Unit.

As part of the London String of Pearls Millennium Festival, the Houses of Parliament are staging a special exhibition for the year 2000.  The Voters of the Future exhibition is designed especially with young people in mind but has plenty of interest for all the family.  It looks at the past, present and future of Parliament: what it is, what it does and how it is relevant to daily life.  The exhibition will be in Westminster Hall, the oldest part of the palace of Westminster which celebrated its 900th anniversary last year.  It will be open to the general public on Mondays to Saturdays from 1 August to 15 September.  No prior booking will be needed and entry will be via St Stephen's Entrance.

BBC OnlineThe BBC website provides a vast array of resources including the Education: Schools Online service, with many facilities aimed at schoolchildren between the ages of 4 and 16.

LINKS

Explore Parliament - covers the workings of Parliament in accessible form. Includes a special section for kids.
Buckingham Palace - The website of the British Monarchy
Downing Street - Information and news from the Prime Minister and No. 10 Downing Street
Encyclopaedia of British History 1700 - 1920 - Includes a number of sections about Parliament and MPs, legislation and the emancipation of women.
European Parliament - The European Parliament's website
European Union - A wide range of information about the European Union and the gateway to the websites of the various European institutions.
Government Information Service - This contains links for all government departments as well as many other official bodies. Many types of useful material can be found via this site. White papers and most consultation documents (green papers) can be downloaded from the websites of the departments responsible for them. Press notices are an excellent source on recent policy developments and can be accessed via departmental websites or from the Central Office of Information's website
Hansard Commons - The daily record of what has been said and done in the House of Commons, which includes its own search engine.
Hansard Lords - The daily record of what has been said and done in the House of Lords.
IPU (International Parliamentary Union) - Information on and links to national Parliaments around the world.
National Assembly for Wales - Background and current information about the new National Assembly for Wales, including its debates.
Northern Ireland Assembly - Background and current information about the new Northern Ireland Assembly, including its debates.
Parliament - Parliament's own home page which contains a great deal of material on both House of Parliament and the legislative process. Included are the text of current Bills, Select Committee Reports, the Weekly Information Bulletin, a huge amount of general information about Parliament and research papers produced by the House of Commons Library which give detailed background to major Bills and topics of current political interest.
Scottish Parliament - Background and current information about the new Scottish Parliament, including its debates.
Weekly Information Bulletin - Details of recent and forthcoming business in the House of Commons and House of Lords, including the progress of legislation, membership and meetings of committees, white and green papers published, the state of the parties in the House of Commons and contact details for political parties.
Citizenship Foundation - The Citizenship Foundation, which is an independent charity, promotes citizenship education through a wide range of programmes, particularly in the fields of law and the legal system; human rights; education for democracy and moral and critical thinking.
Conservative Party - The home page of the Conservative Party website.
Her Majesty’s Stationery Office - This site includes the text of all Acts of Parliament (including, from 1999, explanatory notes on them) and Statutory Instruments.
Institute for Citizenship - The Institute’s aim is to promote informed, active citizenship and greater participation in democracy and society.
Who is my MP? - How to find an MP and constituency from an address or postcode.

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