Lower Houses

Congressional Research Service Reports

A collection of full-text Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports on the US Department of State website. The Congressional Research Service provides information about current public policy issues and the legislative process to members of the US Congress. Topics covered in this set of CRS reports include: the structure and administration of the House of Representatives, procedure on the floor of the House, committees, budget procedure, relations with the Senate and relations with the President.

Congreso de los Diputados

Website of the Congreso de los Diputados, the assembly of elected members of the Spanish Parliament. The site contains detailed information on the function, composition and work of the parliament. It includes biographies of Diputados from 1810 onwards, links to TV webcasts from the chamber, details of legislation passing through Parliament, Biblioteca Digital: a digital library containing all available full-text publications of the parliamentary library (registration is required) Intervenciones: a database of parliamentary speeches and interventions.

Hansard

The official report of the proceedings of the UK Parliament, known as Hansard, available on the Parliament website. House of Commons debates, statements and written answers are provided from November 1988 onwards and House of Lords debates, statements and so on from November 1995 onwards; there is also a link to an archive of digitised Hansard from 1803 to 2005. Hansard on the Parliament website may be browsed by date, MP or peer and other criteria, but there is no search facility.

Public Bill Committees

Web pages which list, and link to, the Public Bill Committee debates, alphabetically by the title of the Bill being considered. The information on each Bill includes the membership of the standing committee, the latest version of the Bill, reports of committee proceedings from different sittings and associated memoranda. The debates are available for parliamentary sessions back to 1997-1998.

House of Representatives - Diet of Japan

The House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the Diet or parliament of Japan. Its website provides information on the function and current structure and organisation of the House. It includes some details of the Japanese legislative procedure. Also available is a list of current members of the chamber and some information about the relative strength of representation of the key political parties in the House. The site is available in English or Japanese.

Chambre des Députés du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg

The website of the Parliament of Luxembourg offers information on the organisation, membership and activities of the parliament. It includes press releases, access to live web content of the proceeedings, lists of members, committee programmes and fact sheets on parliamentary organisation in Luxembourg. Users should note that most information is currently offered in French only.

Parliament of the Czech Republic, Chamber of Deputies

The Website of the Czech Parliament contains documents relating to its work including the establishing constitution and electoral laws, together with annual surveys of legislative activity from 1993 onwards. Additional information on the site includes a list of all current members, including their membership of political clubs and a listing of committee membership. It is also possible to access and search the catalogue of the Czech Parliamentary Library. The site is available in English and Czech.

Subscribe to Lower Houses