Mother of Parliament
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The first Parliament of Great Britain met today in 1707, following the Act of Union between Scotland and England. When the new parliamentary session began English parliamentarians warmly welcomed their new Scottish colleagues in the Lords and Commons.
The honeymoon was short, however. Scottish MPs had to accustom themselves to a cut-and-thrust style of debate in the Commons which was very different from the slow formality to which they had been accustomed in Edinburgh.
Learn about the Act of Union: https://goo.gl/ZqHekC
'The House of Commons in Session', oil painting by Peter Tillemans © Parliamentary Art Collection, WOA 2737
26/10/2018
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