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In 2002, the set was purchased by the scriptwriter Paul Abbott so that it could be used in his BBC drama serial State of Play. Abbott, a former Granada Television staff writer, bought it personally as the set would otherwise have been destroyed and he feared it would take too long to get the necessary money from the BBC. Abbott kept the set in storage in Oxford.
The post-1941 Commons Chamber was used in the film Ali G Indahouse, the political satire Restart by Komedy Kollective, about a British prime minister seeking re-election, and was mentioned in the Robin Williams stand-up special Robin Williams Live on Broadway in which he describes it as "like Congress, but with a two drink minimum".[citation needed]
The pre-1941 Chamber was recreated in Shepperton Studios for the Ridley Scott/Richard Loncraine 2002 biographical film on Churchill, The Gathering Storm.[citation needed]
See also [edit]
- Introduction (British House of Commons)
- Adjournment debate
- Early day motion
- Parliamentary Brief
- Father of the House
- Resignation from the British House of Commons
- List of Stewards of the Chiltern Hundreds
- List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
- Salaries of Members of the United Kingdom Parliament
- Records of members of parliament of the United Kingdom
- Speaker Denison's rule
- Parliamentary Archives
- Canadian House of Commons
References [edit]
- ^ "The Commons Chamber in the 16th Century". Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
- ^ "UK | UK Politics | Women in parliament". BBC News. 31 October 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
- ^ "Fixed-term Parliaments Act". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
- ^ Wilson, Peter (8 May 2010). "Archaic electoral biases must go". The Australian (Sydney, Australia: News Limited). Retrieved 9 May 2010.
- ^ "UK Parliament – Members FAQ Page2". Parliament.uk. Retrieved 30 January 2009. [dead link]
- ^ "Pairing — Glossary page — UK Parliament". Parliament.uk. 21 April 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
- ^ "Pairing". BBC News. 16 October 2008.
- ^ "Bisque". BBC News. 6 August 2008.
- ^ "Current State of the Parties". Parliament.gov. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ Walker, Aileen; Wood, Ellen (14 February 2000). "The Parliamentary Oath". House of Commons Library. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
- ^ "BBC NEWS - Election 2010 - Buckingham". BBC News. 7 May 2010. p. 29. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
- ^ Abbott, Paul. Audio commentary on the DVD release of State of Play. BBC Worldwide. BBCDVD 1493.
Bibliography [edit]
- Farnborough, T. E. May, 1st Baron. (1896). Constitutional History of England since the Accession of George the Third, 11th ed. London: Longmans, Green and Co.
- Mackenzie, K.R., "The English Parliament", (1950) Pelican Books.
- "Parliament" (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed. London: Cambridge University Press.
- Pollard, Albert F. (1926). The Evolution of Parliament, 2nd ed. London: Longmans, Green and Co.
- Porritt, Edward, and Annie G. Porritt. (1903). The Unreformed House of Commons: Parliamentary Representation before 1832. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Raphael, D. D., Donald Limon, and W. R. McKay. (2004). Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice, 23rd ed. London: Butterworths Tolley.
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