House of Commons Library Open Day

Open Day 2025

Wednesday 19th February Portcullis House, Westminster

Attlee Suite
9.45am to 11.00am

Welcome and overview of the day

Claire Sewell Head of Research Information Service
Linda Coombs Head of Members’ Library Services

Opening remarks

Grant Hill-Cawthorne Managing Director of Research & Information

An introduction to the House of Commons Library

Martin Reid Director of Library Services

The work of Research

Anna Dickson Director of Research

Misinformation and The Good Information Toolkit

Anne-Lise Harding Strategic Training Lead


Attlee Suite
11.20am to 12.30pm

The induction of MPs

Hannah Roberts Head of Customer Service and Engagement

Single Subject View and Subject Specialist Finder

Susannah Foulis Taxonomy Services Lead

From parchment to podcasts: collecting, safeguarding and providing ready access to the records of Parliament

Adrian Brown Director of Knowledge and Information, House of Lords


MacMillan Room
exhibition and stands

→ Indexing and Data Management Section

Members Library Services and Research Services

Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology

House of Lords Library

Select Committee