2013 Event In the House of Commons, MP's approve of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, advancing the right for gay marriage in England and Wales 2012 Event The United Kingdom's Treasury Committee of the House of Commons releases the first of two volumes reporting on the LIBOR fixing scandal 2011 Event The House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee recalls four News International executives for further examination of phone hacking within the organization 1989 Event TV cameras permitted in British House of Commons 1978 Death John Selwyn Brooke Selwyn Lloyd, speaker of house of commons, dies 1975 Event House of Commons is broadcast live by radio for 1st time 1969 Event British House of Commons votes 343-185 abolishing the death penalty 1969 Event Canada's House of Commons approves equality of French-English lang 1969 Event Bernadette Devlin elected to British house of commons 1968 Death George P Gooch, English historian/House of Commons leader, dies 1963 Event British House of Commons debates Profumo-Christine Keeler affair 1952 Death Waldorf Astor, House of Lords and Commons/owner of Observer, dies 1950 Birthday Peter Hain, born in Nairobi, Kenya, politician, Labor Party, Leader of the House of Commons, Cabinet member for Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, Member of Parliament for Neath 1948 Event Britain's House of Commons votes to nationalize steel industry 1945 Birthday Michael Martin, born in Glasgow, Scotland, politician, Member of Parliament for Glasgow North East, Speaker of the House of Commons 1941 Event England's House of Commons and Holborn Theater destroyed in a blitz 1941 Event British House of Commons votes for Churchill (477-3) 1931 Event British House of Commons agrees for sports play on Sunday 1914 Event British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule 1913 Event British House of Commons accepts Home-Rule Law 1913 Event British House of Commons rejects woman's right to vote 1913 Event British House of Commons accepts Home-Rule for Ireland 1911 Event British house of commons accept Parliament Bill 1764 Event John Wilkes thrown out of English House of Commons for "Essay on Women" 1679 Event English house of Commons accept Exclusion Bill 1643 Death John Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59 1629 Event English king Charles I leaces house of commons 1610 Event King James I addresses English House of Commons
