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SP
Steve in Pudsey
BBI45 posted:
Andrew posted:
Why does he not sit in the speakers chair when he’s standing in, I’m sure I’ve seen him, and the other deputy speakers sat in the chair?

Because the House is in Committee. When the House is at a Committee Stage of a bill, the mace is place on a rack under the table, rather than on top, and the Speaker of whichever deputy is in place at the time sits next to the people who assist them.

The other difference is that MPs will usually address the Chair by name (eg "Sir Lindsay" or before his knighthood, "Mr Hoyle") rather than "Mr/Madam Deputy Speaker" in committee.

I think that technically any member of the Panel of Chairs can chair a Committee of the Whole House, but it would always be a Deputy Speaker at the end of the Session for the formal adjournment.
NL
Ne1L C
I visited parliament once and sat in a committee room. I never knew that the chamber itself was used for committee meetings (I would assume that it was because of space)

One thing I didn't learn from A-Level politics!
SP
Steve in Pudsey
I think those are kind of a committee in name only, it's issues that all MPs are likely to want to contribute to.
AG
AxG
Hmm, well, looks like the House itself is fed up.


Brekkie, Josh and Ne1L C gave kudos
NJ
Neil Jones Founding member
HoC abandoned for rest of the day due to the leak.

Bet everybody was looking forward to the Adjournment debate on Travellers in Mole Valley which was the last thing on the order paper today Smile
SL
Shaun Linden
It's lucky it's happened now and not during some big vote that was taking place.
RH
richard h
all_night posted:
It's lucky it's happened now and not during some big vote that was taking place.


What a shame it didn't happen last night when they disgracefully rushed that bill through
NJ
Neil Jones Founding member
Its documented that the Palace of Westminster is pretty much dropping apart and needs major work doing on it but this isn't due to start until 2022 at the earliest. So expect more water to pour in every time it rains heavily I suspect for a while to come.
RK
Rkolsen
Where exactly was the water? Also what cameras are used in the HoC - discreet PTZ ones or physical brick/box cameras on their own PTZ Mount?
NJ
Neil Jones Founding member
The water apparently came in via the Press Gallery and into the Chamber and was loud enough to be picked up by the microphones in the chamber, one of the previously posted clips has the audio noise of it right at the end just before the sounds cuts out.

You can see the cameras (the older ones) are hulking great things, they're hardly discreet sometimes on the wide shot. I think the newer ones are smaller and not so obvious.
RK
Rkolsen
Neil Jones posted:
The water apparently came in via the Press Gallery and into the Chamber and was loud enough to be picked up by the microphones in the chamber, one of the previously posted clips has the audio noise of it right at the end just before the sounds cuts out.

You can see the cameras (the older ones) are hulking great things, they're hardly discreet sometimes on the wide shot. I think the newer ones are smaller and not so obvious.

Okay I hear the water now and see the black camera above the benches where the MPs stand at the lectern (not sure what it’s called as I’m not British).
DV
dvboy
Rkolsen posted:
Neil Jones posted:
The water apparently came in via the Press Gallery and into the Chamber and was loud enough to be picked up by the microphones in the chamber, one of the previously posted clips has the audio noise of it right at the end just before the sounds cuts out.

You can see the cameras (the older ones) are hulking great things, they're hardly discreet sometimes on the wide shot. I think the newer ones are smaller and not so obvious.

Okay I hear the water now and see the black camera above the benches where the MPs stand at the lectern (not sure what it’s called as I’m not British).

Despatch box.

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