Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
On this day in 1978, MPs debated allowing video cameras in the House of Commons for the first time.
Although the motion didn’t succeed, it started a wider debate on how people access information about what happens in the Chamber.
Microphones have been permanently broadcasting in the Commons since 3 April 1978. The first time they were used live was to broadcast Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
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