Bans Quote by Clive Ponting

The essence and foundation of House of Commons debating is formal conversation. The set speech, the harangue addressed to constituents, or to the wider…

— Winston Churchill

One of the initiatives I have pursued in Parliament has been to make it easier for the public to see what their MPs do…

— Jo Swinson

It takes a lot to silence the House of Commons.

— Lindsay Hoyle

Many must think the House of Commons is completely bound by tradition when they see us at work in the Chamber - but nothing…

— Lindsay Hoyle

The idea that Parliament somehow wasn't going to be able to discuss, debate, question issues around (Brexit) was frankly completely wrong.

— Theresa May

I don't remember debates. I don't think we spent a lot of time debating it. Maybe we did, but I don't remember.

— George W. Bush

“The sinister fact about literary censorship in England is that it is largely voluntary. Unpopular ideas can be silenced, and inconvenient facts kept dark,…

— George Orwell

“Unpopular ideas can be silenced, and inconvenient facts kept dark, without the need for any official ban. Anyone who has lived long in a…

— George Orwell

News isn't simply debating a statement from the Commons - it is now often about television and popular culture within a broader remit of…

— Richard Bacon

It excites world wonder in the Parliamentary countries that we should build a Chamber, starting afresh, which can only seat two-thirds of its Members.…

— Winston Churchill

TV and radio debates seem inflamed, with all that shouting, but real disagreement is always avoided; they conceal their lack of content.

— Claire Fox

Freedom of discussion is in England little else than the right to write or say anything which a jury of twelve shopkeepers think it…

— A. V. Dicey