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  • Opening an opposition-led debate in a packed Commons chamber on 2 February 2011, shadow environment secretary Mary Creagh said the plans could result in the "sale of the century".

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  • The question arose during this morning's debate on energy policy in Westminster Hall, the second Commons chamber and comes as their Scottish counterparts ponder whether to disband and re-brand themselves.

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  • They could hear him even in the Commons chamber.

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  • Labour could, of course, devote some of the parliamentary time controlled by opposition parties to debate Silk in the Commons chamber but there is little sign of that happening - not even "in due course".

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  • But, after the statement, Commons Speaker John Bercow ruled that Mr Gove's failure to make copies of the list of projects facing the axe available in the Commons chamber at the start of the statement amounted to a "breach of courtesy".

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  • Westminster Hall - the Commons parallel debating chamber, where non-party controversial issues are aired - sees two debates on veterans' issues.

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  • In Westminster Hall, the Commons parallel debating chamber, one of the subjects will pick up complaints about the Legal Aid etc Bill - the effect of changes to legal aid on the not-for-profit advice sector.

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  • Lastly, he entered the Houses of Parliament, and stood in the silent debating chamber of the Commons, breathing the stale air.

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  • The House of Commons has always been the superior chamber precisely because its members are directly elected by the people.

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  • Ministers may be more alarmed by evidence of changing sentiment inside the Commons about what should replace the existing upper chamber.

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  • Thus the upper house, be it akin to the Lords, Senate or Bundesrat, would not be able to challenge the Commons as to supremacy but it would still be a democratically elected chamber.

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  • Mr Evans, who is also a deputy speaker of the House of Commons, has agreed that he will not resume his duties in the chamber while police continue to investigate allegations against him but will continue his constituency work.

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  • The Commons resumes normal service in the coming week with a few sharp battles in prospect in the chamber and plenty of interest on the committee corridor too.

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  • Peers elected to the second chamber would expect to be paid and enjoy proper working facilities like their colleagues in the Commons.

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