The earliest picture of the House of Commons in Session. It was drawn during the last Parliament of King James I in 1624 and shows the Speaker in his chair (centre), with clerks at the table in front of him. The seating is insufficient and some members are standing. The kneeling figure (foreground) is being reprimanded for infringing a privilege of the House.
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Press, 19 June 1979, Page 18
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63The earliest picture of the House of Commons in Session. It was drawn during the last Parliament of King James I in 1624 and shows the Speaker in his chair (centre), with clerks at the table in front of him. The seating is insufficient and some members are standing. The kneeling figure (foreground) is being reprimanded for infringing a privilege of the House. Press, 19 June 1979, Page 18
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