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Weekly Information Bulletin

The next Bulletin will be published on Saturday 28 June 2008

By-election

Following the resignation of the Member for Henley, Boris Johnson, on 4 June 2008, there will be a by-election on Thursday 26 June 2008.

Following the resignation of the Member for Haltemprice & Howden, David Davis, on 18 June 2008, there will be a by-election. Details to be announced.

Summer Opening of Parliament 2008

The Houses of Parliament will open this summer from July 28th to September 27th (inclusive), with tours operating

Monday to Saturday; there are no tours on Sundays or Bank Holidays. For further details please see the parliament

website: http://www.parliament.uk/about/visiting/summer_opening.cfm

Party Conferences 2008

Labour: 20th September to 24th of September 2008

Conservative: 28th September to 1st of October 2008

Liberal Democrat: 13th September to 17th September 2008

State Opening of Parliament

The State Opening of Parliament will take place on Wednesday 3 December 2008

Private Members' Bill Fridays

The Leader of the House has announced that the following Fridays have been allocated for the consideration of Private Members' Bills during the 2007/08 session:

2008: 25 January, 1, 22 and 29 February, 7 and 14 March, 25 April, 9 and 16 May, 6, 13 and 20 June and 17 October.

House of Commons Calendar for 2007/2008 session

The Leader of the House has announced the following provisional recess dates for the 2007/2008 session:

Christmas recess 2007

The House rose on Tuesday 18 December 2007 and returned on Monday 7 January 2008

Spring half term recess 2008

The House rose on Thursday 7 February 2008 and returned on Monday 18 February 2008

April recess 2008

The House rose on Thursday 3 April 2008 and returned on Monday 21 April 2008

Whitsun recess 2008

The House rose on Thursday 22 May 2008 and returned on Monday 2 June 2008

Summer recess 2008

The House will rise on Tuesday 22 July 2008 and return on Monday 6 October 2008

http://www.parliament.uk

The Parliament website provides information on parliamentary proceedings, membership of both Houses and general information on a wide range of parliamentary matters. See index for material available on the website.