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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/136046| Title: | A new Parliament House |
| Authors: | Pirrotta, Godfrey |
| Keywords: | Malta. Parliament -- Rules and practice -- Standards Legislative bodies -- Malta Architecture and state -- Malta Parliament House (Valletta, Malta) Political culture -- History -- 20th century Malta -- Politics and government -- 20th century |
| Issue Date: | 2022-01 |
| Publisher: | Institute of Tourism Studies (Malta) |
| Citation: | Pirrotta, G. (2022, January). A new Parliament House. Futouristic, 3, 4-11. |
| Abstract: | In 1921 Britain granted Malta its first Responsible Government Constitution which also provided for a bi-cameral legislature: a Legislative Assembly and a Senate. The legislative Assembly was to consist of 32 members elected from eight electoral districts and the Senate of seven members directly elected by voters and ten special members elected from within the clergy, the nobility, the Chamber of Commerce, university graduates and the Trades Union Council. The problem at the time was as to where these two separate Houses could be housed. Former Councils of Government used to hold their sittings in the Tapestry Chamber in the Governor’s Palace. Both Houses saw this chamber as their natural meeting place as the opulent Flemish Tapestries that adorned its walls not only preserved a link with the past but lent dignity to the new experiment about to be launched. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/136046 |
| Appears in Collections: | Futouristic, Issue 3 |
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