Smoking Room House Of Commons

The smoking room provides an alternative to the pugin room for members to entertain up to 3 guests mondays to wednesdays 3pm 5 30pm 500ml a range of beverages and light bites are on offer.

Smoking room house of commons. Smoking has been prohibited in the commons. One of the stranger items in the parliamentary archives is a 19th century cigar case with cigar which belonged to thomas m hinds uncle of sir rowland whitehead mp. By continuing to use the site you agree to our use of cookies. The distinctive smell of the smoking room in the commons and of the truro room in the house of lords library will pass into history to comply with the ban administration chiefs in both houses.

The smoking room of the house of commons has long intrigued commentators on and spectators of politics. Daily debates from hansard are published on this website the next working day. The cost of staffing the bar more than outweighs the revenue raised. A platt mrs champ and miss gilbert at work in the house of commons terrace smoking room november 1919.

The smoking room bottled beers and ciders becks 275ml 2 70 doom bar 3 30. But they comprise barely 1 400 of the 13 000 passholders researchers staff journalists contractors who can eat and drink in all but the most exclusive ones such as the commons smoking room. Other staff of the house staff of members and members of the press gallery should have access to the bar and the terrace on non sitting fridays and recess days. The smoke filled rooms and corridors of the palace of westminster will be consigned to history within weeks when smoking is banned across parliament.

Coster getty images j g s w i f t m a c n e i l l. Away from the stagey public drama of the chambers and committee rooms these are the places where. Hansard the official report is the edited verbatim report of proceedings of both the house of commons and the house of lords. The less formal spaces and facilities of parliament are as lord norton has recently emphasised elsewhere crucial to the operation of politics.

Smoking was clearly permitted elsewhere in the house as an account book survivies listing the quantity and type of snuff supplied to the commons between 1868 1904.