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Parliament
There are 63 Liberal Democrat MPs in the House of Commons and 75 Liberal Democrat Peers in the House of Lords. We are the strongest Liberal Democrat or Liberal force in the UK Parliament since the 1920s.
On the parliamentary pages of this site you can:
- Read the latest news and reports on Lib Dem speeches and action in Parliament
- Read weekly diaries of events from both Houses
- Find the Liberal Democrat position on major bills
- Read more about the Liberal Democrat Record in Parliament
Additionally you can read short biographies of our MPs and Peers, and obtain a full list of our teams of shadow ministers, elsewhere on this site.
These pages cover the Westminster Parliament only. You can read news from the Liberal Democrats in the Scottish Parliament on the Scottish Lib Dems' website, and news from Lib Dems in the National Assembly for Wales on the Welsh Lib Dems' website. Additionally you can read biographies of our Members of the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly, European Parliament and London Assembly in the People section of this site.
As well as searching this website you can search everything Lib Dem MPs and Peers have said on a particular topic in the House of Commons using the search box below.
Parliament news
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We still don’t know the facts of Green arrest - HuhneThu, 18 Dec 2008Commenting on the Speaker’s announcement that there is ‘not yet a basis’ to nominate a committee to investigate the arrest of Damian Green, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Huhne said: "Hardly a day has passed without this fiasco being all over the media, but we still know relatively little about what happened." |
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Liberal Democrats call for annulment of wasted VAT cutWed, 17 Dec 2008Liberal Democrats lead opposition to the Government’s VAT reduction in the House of Commons |
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PMQs: Cable warns of housing associations collapseWed, 17 Dec 2008Vince Cable urges the Government to act with repossessions policy reaching fewer than one in ten people in housing arrears |
Bills
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Finance Act 2007Fri, 10 Aug 2007Lib Dems question the extent to which tax proposals make the system simpler, fairer or greener |
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Counter-Terrorism Act 2008Mon, 01 Dec 2008The Liberal Democrats support post-charge questioning but oppose extending the period of detention without charge to 42 days |
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Climate Change Act 2008Tue, 23 Dec 2008Lib Dems campaigned hard for a climate change bill, and then led the successful effort to strengthen the legislation during its passage through Parliament |