Презентация "Английский Парламент"

Welcome to the Palace of Westminster. It consists of three parts : the Royal Apartaments where the colour is gold , the House of Lords where the seats are red and the House of Commons where the seats are green.

The Chamber of the House of Lords is also called the Parliament Chamber, because every year when the Queen comes to open Parliament, all three parts of Parliament come together here for Queen’s Speech. In the speech the Queen tells Parliament , about the Government’s plants for the next year.

When she gives her speech , she sits on the throne over there. It’s that big chair behind the big red cushion. It’s a part of a very old tradition which started in the 14 th century. It was put in Parliament to symbolise the importance of wool to the British economy at that time

The person who usually sits on the Woolsack is the Lord Chancellor. He presides over the House of Lords.

Now we are going through into the House of Commons, where WPs make decisions on new laws. There are two statues, one on each side of the arch. One is David Lloyd George, and the other- Sir Winston Churchill. We have a tradition : if you’re a Conservative, touch Churchill’s shoe and if you’re Labour, touch Lloyd George’s shoe.

Now look in the floor. Can you see two red lines in front of the benches on each side of the chamber? That’s part of a tradition too. In the old days when MPs used to carry swords, it was dangerous if they got angry with each other.

Now let’s leave the House of Commons and go to Westminster Hall. This is the oldest part of the Place of Westminster, and it’s than a thousand years old.