How Parliament Works (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781032015019)

Nicolas Besly became a clerk in the House of Lords in 2002. He has worked in the Committee Office, Public Bill Office, Table Office and Journal Office. He became the first private secretary to a Lord Speaker and edited The Table, a journal on Commonwealth parliaments. He is currently the Registrar of Lords' Interests, advising on compliance with the House's code of conduct.

Tom Goldsmith became a clerk in the House of Commons in 1996. He has worked in the Public Bill Office, the Table Office and the Overseas Office. He headed the Governance Office and has served as Secretary to the House of Commons Commission, Clerk of Committees and Clerk of the Table Office. In 2023 he was appointed as the 52nd Clerk of the House of Commons. The Clerk is the chief procedural and constitutional adviser to the House, and as Head of the House Service leads 3,000 staff of the House of Commons.