HOUSE OF COMMONS
REPLACEMENT OF BOMBED BUII DING. SELECT Cl'MMl I'TEU SSI' UPtl',\ IVlecj-aph Pre-.-.- u»a I ON DON, October tk. On Mt<\ It’ tl’ll. tb.e I e.ftwafl'e bombed (he House of Commons. Tt'day members e l ' Parlimuent heard Mr Olmtvhd! say that they had to consider whether they should build it up again, and how, and when, 'Ute Prime Minister expressed the desire that the House should retain its t'ld former eeti\eniettce, an,i dignity. He was p.tviiculiu'iy imxii'iis that there slum Id bo uu obloui* uhiuubcr, us u chamber of that design was best suited to tin' party system. With a semi-cir-cular chamber individual members or groups of members had to move into the centre. He also explained why he did not want a bigger chamber. The conversational style was the best system el’ speaking, and that style of speaking required a very small space. After a debate, Mr Churchill’s motion that a Select Committee be set up to consider the rebuilding of the House was carried by 427 votes to 3.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 October 1943, Page 2
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