CONTENTS

CHAP.PAGE
PREFACE[v]
I.PARLIAMENT AND PARTY[1]
II.THE HOUSE OF LORDS[18]
III.THE HOUSE OF COMMONS[39]
IV.THE PALACE OF WESTMINSTER[60]
V.HIS MAJESTY'S SERVANTS[81]
VI.THE LORD CHANCELLOR[103]
VII.THE SPEAKER[119]
VIII.THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT[135]
IX.RULES OF DEBATE[158]
X.PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGE AND PUNISHMENT[173]
XI.PARLIAMENTARY DRESS AND DEPORTMENT[189]
XII.PARLIAMENTARY ELOQUENCE[203]
XIII.PARLIAMENT AT WORK (I.)[225]
XIV.PARLIAMENT AT WORK (II.)[242]
XV.STRANGERS IN PARLIAMENT[259]
XVI.PARLIAMENTARY REPORTING[275]
SOURCES AND REFERENCES[288]
INDEX[299]