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  3. For casual observers, the House of Commons is the centre
  4. of attention in Parliament. It's not only the heart of our
  5. government, it also set the pattern for democratic
  6. government all around the world.
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  8. And yet people looking in from other countries -
  9. particularly since television was introduced to Parliament -
  10. can be forgiven for wondering what it's all about. The
  11. Commons doesn't look like any other democratic institution...