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unusual facts about United Kingdom Parliament



Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

The Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c. 30) was enacted by the United Kingdom Parliament on 16 July 1998, in order to improve the standards of teaching in the UK through the establishment of statutory General Teaching Councils (GTC's) for England, Wales and Northern Ireland and the modification the remit of the General Teaching Council for Scotland.


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Augustus Charles Pugin

Pugin married Catherine Welby of the Lincolnshire Welby family of Denton and his developing interest in the Gothic was to be magnified in the career of their son Augustus Welby Pugin, an architect who was the leading advocate of Gothicism in 19th century England and the designer of the Palace of Westminster, home of the United Kingdom Parliament.

Castleblayney

In 1853, Cadwallader Blayney, 12th Baron Blayney and sometime MP for Monaghan in the United Kingdom Parliament, sold the Castle and estate to Henry Thomas Hope from Deepdene in Surrey, a former MP at Westminster.

George Cavendish

George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington (1754–1834), Member of the United Kingdom Parliament

John Small

John Francis Small (1853–1923), Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for County Wexford, 1883–1885 and South Down, 1885–1886

Patrick Brady

P. J. Brady (1868–1943), Irish nationalist MP in the United Kingdom Parliament for Dublin St Stephen's Green

Welsh Grand Committee

It is one of three such grand committees in the United Kingdom Parliament, the other two are for Scotland and Northern Ireland.