House of Commons chamber

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legislative chamber parliamentary chamber

The House of Commons chamber is the main debating hall of the United Kingdom’s lower parliamentary house, where elected Members of Parliament meet to discuss and pass legislation.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
House of Commons Chamber 2
House of Commons chamber furnishings 1
House of Commons interior (original Victorian scheme) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative chamber ⓘ
parliamentary chamber ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic Revival ⓘ
surface form: Perpendicular Gothic Revival
broadcastBy Parliamentary Recording Unit ⓘ
broadcastOn BBC television services ⓘ
surface form: BBC Parliament
country United Kingdom ⓘ
designedBy Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin ⓘ
surface form: Augustus Pugin

Charles Barry ⓘ
destroyedBy bombing during the Second World War ⓘ
destroyedIn 1941 ⓘ
governingBody House of Commons Commission ⓘ
governmentBenchesLocation to the Speaker’s right ⓘ
hasAccessRestriction floor reserved for Members of Parliament and officials ⓘ
hasColorScheme green ⓘ
hasFeature Speaker’s Chair ⓘ
central aisle ⓘ
clerks’ table ⓘ
despatch boxes ⓘ
division lobbies ⓘ
green benches ⓘ
press gallery ⓘ
public gallery ⓘ
strangers’ gallery ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
hasRule two‑sword‑length distance between front benches ⓘ
hasSeating front benches for ministers and shadow ministers ⓘ
no individual desks for most MPs ⓘ
hasSeatingCapacity approximately 427 ⓘ
layoutType opposing benches ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Palace of Westminster ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
City of Westminster ⓘ
surface form: Westminster
oppositionBenchesLocation to the Speaker’s left ⓘ
partOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
primaryFunction debate and passage of UK legislation ⓘ
reconstructedAfter World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
reconstructionCompletedIn 1950 ⓘ
seatsComparedToMembers fewer seats than Members of Parliament ⓘ
symbolOf representative democracy in the United Kingdom ⓘ
usedBy Members of Parliament ⓘ
Speaker of the House of Commons ⓘ
usedFor Prime Minister’s Questions ⓘ
ministerial statements ⓘ
parliamentary debates ⓘ
passing legislation ⓘ
votes and divisions ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prime Minister’s Questions → chamber → House of Commons chamber ⓘ
Palace of Westminster → contains → House of Commons chamber ⓘ
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin → designed → House of Commons chamber ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons interior (original Victorian scheme)
Centre Block (historical) → hasPart → House of Commons chamber ⓘ
Parliament Hill → hasPart → House of Commons chamber ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons Chamber
36th United Kingdom Parliament → meetsInBuilding → House of Commons chamber ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons chamber furnishings
House of Commons committees → reportsTo → House of Commons chamber ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons plenary
Members of Parliament → worksAt → House of Commons chamber ⓘ
subject surface form: Member of Parliament
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons → worksIn → House of Commons chamber ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons Chamber