The House of Commons Chamber

Watch our film about the House of Commons Chamber, what it does and how it works for people across the UK

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[randomfjord]

I never thought I'd dedicate one specific playlist for Bercow

[epikurist]

It's really good that Britain has equal and appealing parliament & politics even to the uninterested people.

[jesusgonzalez]

It sounds exhausting to do a division *every single time* a vote is called and to never do it with more 21st century measures...

But when they wanted to abandon the similar - but more rarely used - "Hammelsprung" in Germany, the MPs were opposed, because it such fun to do...

[dod]

What are the books between the dispatch boxes?

[metropunk]

Thank you for this video. It's very interesting. I enjoy British history.

[guitarlover]

Very nice and claryfing video. Thank you! <3

[FA-jwsx]

Does any official or speaker live in the grounds of the parliament.

[joshuarich]

Can the public watch watch debates from the gallery?

[muftiharits]

The music at 7:17 reminds me of Singapore Airlines boarding music

[feedyourbrain]

Does the house of commons chamber have any loudspeaker inside?
Because the debates are realy heated and everyone in the chamber needs to hear the exchanges. But one thing is that the hanging microphones are not close to the MPs mouth.

[tobuslieven]

The progress of British democracy has always been to grudgingly expand the mandate. Can we have a house of everyone, now that technology has made direct democracy much more feasible?