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The fire of 1834, which destroyed much but not all of the old palace of Westminster, provided an opportunity to put into place some of the long existing hopes and plans for a purpose-built Parliament. After a controversial competition, and amid seemingly interminable wrangling, the project was ...
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By the late Georgian period, the buildings of the Palace of Westminster had become an accident waiting to happen. The rambling complex of medieval and early modern apartments making up the Houses of Parliament - which over the centuries architects including Wren, Wyatt and Soane had ...
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The History of Parliament Trust's Henry Miller examines the huge growth in petitions to Parliament from members of the public in the nineteenth century, and how the House of Commons had to change its procedures to avoid public business collapsing from the strain.
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The fourth of our articles for Parliament Week, 2012. Dr Philip Salmon discusses the formation and composition of Earl Grey's government, who were best known for the 'Great' Reform Act of 1832.