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Central Government

This area of the website provides some information about central government, its roles and responsibilities and how you can get involved.

To find out more about the government, please visit the website www.parliament.uk or to find out more information about what the government does, you can go straight to the Understanding Parliament page.

You can also find out about:

• Your local MP and your MEP, and how they can help you
• What's happening today in the House of Commons and the House of Lords
• The daily report of parliamentary debates (Hansard): available from 8.00am daily.
• Live webcasting of all debates, and all the public sessions of the select committees which scrutinise the work of Government
• How to visit Parliament