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The building is a debating chamber and a forum for political debates and decisions.
In Australia the houses of Parliament are The House of Representatives, and the Senate. :)
It is the bishops' and clergy's debating-chamber attached to a cathedral, in the ecclesiastical equivalent of a council-meeting chamber.
You can sit in the public gallery to observe proceedings - BUT - will be made to leave if they are debating something in a 'closed session' You cannot sit where the MP's sit without being a member - as security checks would prevent you entering the chamber.
the chamber
The chambers are the rooms in parliament house where each of the houses of parliament meets, they have a distinctive U shape and are colored Green and Red for the House of Reps chamber and the Senate chamber respectively.
The chambers are the rooms in parliament house where each of the houses of parliament meets, they have a distinctive U shape and are colored Green and Red for the House of Reps chamber and the Senate chamber respectively.
The house spend 60% of their time debating and passing laws as passed up from Parliament and 40% overseeing the process of and challenge Parliament.
Parliament (Parlament) is divided into two houses. The lower house is called Sejm, the upper house is called Senat.
At times Afrikaans is used in South African parliament, however English is the major language that is used. (The other official languages also do come up while debating in parliament. South Africa is a very diverse country with 11 official languages, and many have been used in parliament, however they are often used to make a point/emphasis a point and the debating is done in English)
A parliament with only one house is called unicameral.
Whips sit in the locker room waiting for the sessions to be over so that the S&M can start up. :-)