Although a debating chamber was built in the 1970s, before plans for an assembly were scrapped in 1979, it is now deemed to be fit only for committee meetings.

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They spent a hedonistic summer painting the Oxford Union debating chamber.

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Meanwhile, in the parallel debating chamber, Westminster Hall, there will be a backbench debate on bank competition - a discussion proposed by Andrea Leadsom, Teresa Pearce, Mark Garnier, Tessa Munt, George Freeman and Penny Mordaunt.

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Ministers responded to criticism of a perceived lack of parliamentary time for MPs to debate e-petitions by introducing a new, regular slot for such debates in MPs' secondary debating chamber, Westminster Hall, on Mondays.

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