Parliament!

Today my class woke up at the ungodly hour of 7 a.m. to see Parliament.  Yeay!  Although it was a neat tour I wish I would have been a little bit more awake to remember everything our tour guide said.  During most of the tour visitors weren't allowed to take pictures so I only have the ones above from Westminister Hall (not to be confused with Westminister Abbey).  But here are some random things I remember from class research and from our tour today:

-The House of Commons is represented by the color green because it is more of a plain color; the House of Commons is an elected body-they truly represent the people of UK & are the government of it all.

-The House of Lords is represented by the color red and inside their house is tons of gold and red decor. This shows how they are much more distinguished and royal-they are nominated to have their positions in the House of Lords.

-In the House of Commons the aisle down the center of it features a white line on each side.  This was put there during the days of sword fighting and such.  Members were asked to "toe the line" meaning that they couldn't go past the line and fight when debates became too heated.

-The Queen (or King) is never allowed in the House of Commons.

-According to my teacher, one of the longest debates that happened recently was over a bill that was against fox hunting.  He said the debate went on for many months because some members of Parliament saw fox hunting as a sport while others saw various parts of the sport as too cruel.

Kay well that is all I could think of for now...I had a little bit of information overload at 8 a.m. in the morning!  I hope you learned something from my relay of information =]