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What information can be found in hansard?
the official report of debates in the uk parliament
Who chairs the debates in the British Parliament?
The speaker who sits on the big chair at the far end
What is the purpose of the parliament building?
The building is a debating chamber and a forum for political debates and decisions.
What is a whip in Parliament?
Parliamentary Whip - A party manager in Parliament who is responsible for organising members of his or her party to take part in debates and votes, and who assists in arranging the business of a house of Parliament.
Why do the members of parliament come together in the house of representatives chamber?
because they need to have meetings and debates
Were did most debates over british and naval policies take place?
At the Admiralty and Houses of Parliament.
Who was the 18th century English radical who fought for freedom of press to report parliament debates?
John Wilkes
What is a quote from the English bill of rights?
The Bill of Rights of 1689 states that "the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in Parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament."
Why did king george 3 refuse to consider the colonists declaration?
Hubris combined with lack of information. A great read on this is Barbara Tuchman's The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam (1984). Her description of the British Parliament's debates about the rebels in the colonies is eerily reminiscent of the US debates about Vietnam and Iraq, with similar catastrophic results.
What are the members in the House of Commons called?
They are simply known as Members of parliament, although in addressing them by letter you would refer to them as 'The Right Honourable....'(whoever). In the House of Parliament, MPs correctly address each other in debates as 'the Honourable Member'.
Who is the speaker of Indian Parliament?
The speaker is elected by Parliament to organise the debates, control the members and their language, announce the results of votes and so on.
How did the British Parliament assert its rights against royal claims to absolute power in the 1600s?
When they had their king executed, parliament gained full power of the country.
