Here you will find a collection of guides to good practice that  will offer you advice in carrying out the main activities expected of you in your job. They are constantly being revised and updated so if you do print a guide out please remember to check back from time to time.

We also include links to resources that will be of use to staff. Some of these are on the Parliamentary Intranet and can only be accessed if you have an appropriate login.

Current Guides

• Support in Your Job
  • Employment
  • Staff rights – a guide from Unite
  • Wellness Working Group
  • Health & Wellbeing
  • Working from Home
  • Bullying and Harassment and Sexual Harassment support services
  • Workplace Adjustments
• Guides to Parliament
  • A Welcome from Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the House of Commons
  • Help with Parliamentary Procedures for Staff
  • Understanding the business of the House and its committees
  • Rules and courtesies
  • Campaigning: Petitions
  • Complaints about an MP
  • Register of Interests
  • Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster
  • How to organise a school visit to Westminster
  • How to arrange Gallery Tickets
• Your Office
  • Everyday Tasks
  • Setting Up the Office
  • Certificate of Employers’ Liability Insurance for MPs
  • Data Protection and Freedom of Information
• General Elections
  • Dissolution Guidance – updated 2019
  • What is ‘Prorogation’?
• Who’s Who
  • List of current MPs elected to Parliament following the 2019 General Election
  • List of Ministerial Responsibilities
  • Parliamentary Digital Services (PDS)
  • Whips and Their Work
  • ‘Servants of the House’ – what the Clerks do
  • Guide to All Party Parliamentary Groups
  • Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology – POST notes
• In the Constituency
  • Preparing for a Constituency Surgery
• Working with Wikipedia
  • Editing Your MP’s Wikipedia Page
  • Keeping your MP’s Wikidata Up to Date
  • Working with Wikipedia and other Foundation Projects
• Video Recording Meetings, Events and Lectures
• Security at Westminster and in Constituency Offices
• Audio Recording Meetings, Events, and Lectures
• Help and Advice for Staff
• Ten Things the Library Can Do For You
• Working with HM Revenue and Customs: a guide for MPs
• Groups which staff can join
  • Representation
  • Sporting and other groups which staff can join at Westminster

W4MP Archive

W4MP has been in operation since 2010 and we have published hundred of guides in that time. Many of these have been superseded and removed from our main site, but they can be consulted on our archive site. These are for research purposes and should not be relied upon as a guide to current practice.

Alt.Guides

Our light-hearted alt.guides are also available for your delectation and delight

 

Other Online Resources

Many additional resources are available to MPs staff, including:

• The Parliamentary intranet
• House of Commons Library
• Parliamentary Digital Service