From the archives: Rebuilding the House of Commons chamber, 1945

By Tom Lowe2024-01-19T08:35:00

The green benches are restored, but an opportunity to reform the way Parliament works for post-war Britain is missed

Charles Barry’s original mid-Victorian House of Commons chamber became one of the most high-profile casualties of the Blitz when it was destroyed in May 1941. Its reconstruction after the war would be an opportunity to modernise Britain’s parliamentary system for a post-war world. As the report below shows, this opportunity was largely missed.

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