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Strangers' Bar
The Strangers' Bar is one of several bars in the Palace of Westminster, the home of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, situated near the House of Commons. It is open to Members of Parliament and officers of Parliament, their guests, and members of parliamentary staff. The bar often sells ales and other beverages from small breweries across the UK. The bar was historically nicknamed the Kremlin due to its popularity with Labour MPs while conservatives preferred The Smoking Room. Smoking was banned in the bar from 4 April 2005. In 2013 the bar underwent at £13,000 refit. On 22 February 2012, the bar was the scene of an incident involving Labour MP Eric Joyce, who hit several MPs and councillors during an altercation. He headbutted Conservative MP Stuart Andrew, hit Conservative councillors Luke Mackenzie and Ben Maney, and assaulted fellow Labour MP Phil Wilson. Conservative MPs Jackie Doyle-Price Dame Jacqueline Doyle-Price (born 5 August 1969) is a British forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charity Collecting Box In The Strangers' Bar, House Of Commons (27779359930)
Charity may refer to: Common meanings * Charitable organization or charity, a non-profit organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being of persons * Charity (practice), the practice of being benevolent, giving and sharing * Charity (Christian virtue), the Christian religious concept of unlimited love and kindness Places * Charity, Guyana, a small township * Charity, Missouri, a community in the United States * Mount Charity, Antarctica * Charity Glacier, Livingston Island, Antarctica * Charity Island (Tasmania), Australia * Charity Creek, Sydney, Australia * Charity Lake, British Columbia, Canada * Charity Island (Michigan), United States Arts and entertainment * Charity (play), ''Charity'' (play), an 1874 play by W. S. Gilbert * Charity (novel), ''Charity'' (novel), third in the ''Faith, Hope, Charity'' espionage trilogy of novels by Len Deighton * Charity (song), "Charity" (song), a 1995 single by Skunk Anansie * Charity (Courtney Barnett song), "Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Doyle-Price
Dame Jacqueline Doyle-Price (born 5 August 1969) is a British former Conservative Party politician and former civil servant who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Thurrock from 2010 to 2024. She was first elected as MP in the 2010 general election and was defeated in the 2024 general election. In September 2022, she was appointed Minister of State for Industry by Prime Minister Liz Truss, and returned to the back benches following the appointment of Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister in October 2022. Early life and education Jacqueline Doyle-Price was born on 5 August 1969 on a council estate in Sheffield. Growing up in an apolitical working class family, her father Brian was a bricklayer whilst her mother Kathleen worked part-time as a sales assistant at Woolworths. She was raised in the suburbs of Hillsborough and Wisewood. She attended Notre Dame Roman Catholic High School, a comprehensive school. Doyle-Price's interest in politics began when she was 14 years old. Her pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strangers' Gallery
The Visitors' Gallery, formerly known as the Strangers' Gallery, is set aside for members of the public at the British House of Commons, and is intended for both invited and uninvited members of the public to watch the proceedings of the House. A similar gallery exists in the House of Lords. The gallery of the House of Commons is located on a level above the floor of the Commons chamber and looks down on it. The section of the gallery above the Speaker's chair is reserved for members of the press, while the area set aside for members of the general public is situated above the entrance to the chamber. There is a glass screen at the front of the public area of the gallery to prevent the throwing of objects into the chamber, which was installed in April 2004 at the cost of £600,000. Members of the public may obtain tickets from their Member of Parliament. It is possible to queue outside St Stephen's Tower and be admitted to the gallery without booking, especially on Fridays, how ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Office Of The Parliamentary Counsel (United Kingdom)
The Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (OPC) is responsible for drafting all government bills introduced to the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Established in 1869, the OPC is part of the Cabinet Office and led by the First Parliamentary Counsel, Jessica de Mounteney. The lawyers who work in the office are referred to as Parliamentary counsel. History Bills were originally drafted by barristers, Members of Parliament or members of the judiciary. William Pitt was the first person to appoint a dedicated parliamentary draftsman, known as the Parliamentary Counsel to the Treasury, who in 1833 described his duties as "to draw or settle all the Bills that belong to Government in the Department of the Treasury", although he also produced bills for other departments. Despite this many bills continued to be drafted by other barristers, and one of these barristers ( Henry Thring) suggested that "the subjects of Acts of Parliament, as well as the provisions by which the law is enforced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drink Spiking
In American slang, a Mickey Finn, or simply a Mickey (often called a spiked drink), is a drink laced with an incapacitating agent, particularly chloral hydrate, given to someone without their consent with the intent to incapacitate them or "knock them out"; hence the colloquial name knockout drops. Serving someone a Mickey is most commonly referred to as "slipping someone a mickey". The "spiking" of drinks is a practice used by sexual predators and murderers at drinking establishments who lace alcoholic drinks with sedative drugs. History Michael "Mickey" Finn The "Mickey Finn" is most likely named after the manager and bartender of the Lone Star Saloon and Palm Garden Restaurant, which operated on South State Street in the Loop neighborhood of Chicago from 1896 to 1903.The saloon's exact location is usually said to be on the west side of South State Street, just north of Congress Parkway. The entire west side of South State Street between Congress and Van Buren is now occup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Ranger Of Northwood
Kulveer Singh Ranger, Baron Ranger of Northwood (born 21 February 1975) is an English strategy and communications executive. A board member of the trade association techUK, he has been a member of the House of Lords since 2023. Career Ranger was the unsuccessful Conservative parliamentary candidate in Makerfield at the 2005 general election. He unsuccessfully stood in the ward of Syon at the 2006 Hounslow London Borough Council election. After Boris Johnson's victory in the 2008 London mayoral election, Johnson selected Ranger to be his director for transport policy. Ranger had previously managed the implementation of the Oyster card with Transport for London in 2003. In 2011, he became Director for Environment and Digital London, with his work resulting in a record fall in bike thefts, in addition to a number of new electric car charging points in London to encourage a higher take up of electric vehicles. Ranger was part of the Conservative A-List for the 2010 general e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Lords Conduct Committee
A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems.Schoenauer, Norbert (2000). ''6,000 Years of Housing'' (rev. ed.) (New York: W.W. Norton & Company). Houses use a range of different roofing systems to keep precipitation such as rain from getting into the dwelling space. Houses generally have doors or locks to secure the dwelling space and protect its inhabitants and contents from burglars or other trespassers. Most conventional modern houses in Western cultures will contain one or more bedrooms and bathrooms, a kitchen or cooking area, and a living room. A house may have a separate dining room, or the eating area may be integrated into the kitchen or another room. Some large houses in North America have a recreation room. In traditional agriculture-oriented societies, domes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Bell (politician)
Aaron Stuart Bell (born 25 February 1980) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle-under-Lyme from 2019 to 2024. Early life Bell was born in Dulwich, south east London, to parents Stuart and Janet Bell. He was educated at St Olave's Grammar School (a voluntary aided grammar school) in Greater London, and then privately educated at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. He then studied PPE at St John's College, Oxford. Bell graduated with a BA in 2001. Before his political career, Bell was a successful quizzer: he was part of the St John's College, Oxford team that were runners up in the 2000–01 series of ''University Challenge''. In 2001, he took part in ''The Weakest Link'', being the final person voted off in the episode but beating future '' Eggheads'' panellist CJ de Mooi. He won the ''Krypton Factor'' in 2009; he was part of the Epicureans team that won '' Only Connect'' in 2010; he also wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Complaints And Grievance Scheme
The Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme (ICGS) is a system set up by the British Houses of Parliament which investigates complaints about inappropriate behaviour, such as bullying, harassment or sexual misconduct, and provides advice to complainants. Any current or former member of the Parliamentary community is able to raise an issue with the ICGS. The scheme operates under the oversight of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards is the decision-maker in cases involving Members of Parliament. If the Commissioner decides that a respondent should be sanctioned, they refer the case to the Independent Expert Panel to determine the sanction. The ICGS set up a Behaviour Code that MPs, Lords, visitors to or employees in parliament must abide by. It also runs a helpline for people to seek advice. The director is Jo Willows. The body was formed in 2018 following the MeToo movement and was devised to tackle MPs' sexual misconduct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Percy
Andrew Theakstone Percy (born 18 September 1977) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brigg and Goole from 2010 to 2024. He was an active member of many groups in Parliament, including All Party Parliamentary Groups on Financial Education for Young People, Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire as well as being a member of the anti-European Union Better Off Out Group. Early life Percy was born in Hull and brought up in Humberside, the son of a foundry worker (later a market gardener) and a school secretary; he has an older sister. He attended the all-boys (11–16) comprehensive William Gee School (now part of Endeavour High School) and is a politics graduate of the University of York and studied at Leeds University on a law conversion course He then worked as a secondary school history teacher in several schools, including in the United States and Canada. He was subsequently a teacher at an infant school in Scunthorpe. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Edward Shelbrooke (born 10 January 1976) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Wetherby and Easingwold since 2024 and for Elmet and Rothwell between 2010 and 2024. He previously served as Minister of State for Defence Procurement in the Truss ministry from September to October 2022. Early life Born in 1976 in Bromley, South London, Shelbrooke was educated at St George's Church of England School in Gravesend, and graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Brunel University in 1998. After leaving university, joined the Royal Navy before taking a job as a project manager at the University of Leeds. Political career He has fought four local government elections (being elected to Leeds City Council in 2004 and re-elected in 2006 as Councillor for Harewood Ward) and unsuccessfully stood in Wakefield at the 2005 General Election. He was Deputy Chairman of Elmet Conservative Association from 2001 to 2004. Afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Wilson (British Politician)
Philip Wilson, Baron Wilson of Sedgefield (born 31 May 1959), is a British Labour Party politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield in a 2007 by-election that followed the resignation of Tony Blair, former Prime Minister, from Parliament. He lost the seat at the 2019 general election to Paul Howell of the Conservative Party. Early life and career The son of a Fishburn colliery worker, Wilson has lived in the Sedgefield constituency all of his life. After attending Trimdon Secondary Modern and Sedgefield Comprehensive School, Wilson became a shop assistant before moving on to be a clerical worker in the civil service where he was a lay-trade union official. Wilson later worked as a gambling lobbyist for the Gala Coral Group in the lead up to the passing of the 2005 Gambling Act, and as a director at London based public affairs consultancy Fellows' Associates. Wilson is known for being one of the "Famous Five", a group of local Labour Part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
