UK MPs back living wills
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Ministers see off a backbench revolt over a bill which critics claim would legalise euthanasia "by the back door".
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Â· Prime minister says MPs can protect British vetoÂ· Britain to call for more liberalisation of markets
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MPs vote in favour of plans for a reformed House of Lords with 100% of members elected.
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Britain&#39;s leading academic institution is backing an international campaign to stop the US securing an international ban on all forms of human cloning.
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Patients checking into hospitals and clients meeting with their lawyers often are advised to take a simple step toward planning for the future: fill out a living will. But the reality is, too often, they don't really work.
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HAMISH ROBERTSON: In Britain, the pro-hunting lobby is not giving up without a fight, after the Government forced a bill through Parliament that bans fox hunting.
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An MP says the debate over a dying African woman being sent home should be about health care in her country.
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The UK should not give up its right of veto over EU cross-border crime policies, a committee of MPs says.
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The lower house of the French parliament votes to back a draft law approving the EU reform treaty.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The House of Commons has agreed to accept a Conservative amendment to the throne speech, avoiding a showdown that threatened Paul Martin's minority government.
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The Alzheimer's Society charity  has backed British government proposals to issue dementia  sufferers with tracking devices if patients agree.
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Voters in Switzerland have backed a new law permitting research on stem cells from human embryos. The Catholic Church and the influential Green Party had opposed the legislation, saying it involved taking human lives.
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Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell gave his support Wednesday to Prime Minister Gordon Brown&#39;s plans to approve the new European Union treaty by a vote in parliament and not a referendum.
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The government is considering its next move after MPs voted to create a 100% elected House of Lords.
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The dukes, barons and other British noblemen who sit by birthright in the House of Lords may soon have to pack their powdered wigs and go, after an historic parliamentary vote Wednesday.Comment
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The British government forged ahead with plans to introduce identity cards as part of its drive against terrorism after defeating a revolt in parliament.
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Downing Street backs Bank of England governor Mervyn King, saying that he is "doing a first class job".