The work would include restoring the mayoral offices and council debating chamber.

Its debating chamber is semicircular, as they are in the German, French and European parliaments.

Outside the debating chamber MPs can collaborate surprisingly well.

France's diplomats have walked out of the debating chamber every time French Polynesia has been on the agenda.

But just in case something goes wrong there's a spare debating chamber ready to go at a moment's notice.

But there was plenty of drama outside of the debating chamber in the days leading up to the vote.

Check out the new make-up of the debating chamber - based on the Electoral Commission's projections so far - here:

Woodhouse later addressed reporters outside the debating chamber and called on the Government to launch an investigation into the claims.

Getting that approval takes about 60 hours of Parliament's time from speeches in the debating chamber to select committee hearings.

She didn't much like the nastiness of the debating chamber and often considered quitting, sometimes out loud in the media.

The police have strung yellow tape between marble pillars to cut off access to the debating chambers and key offices.

So there's clearly plenty of space to set up two makeshift debating chambers: one for MPs and the other for peers.

A Labour lawmaker was later ejected from the debating chamber after seizing a ceremonial mace in a symbolic attempt to halt proceedings.

National's Nick Smith has not been shy in the debating chamber this week in his assessment of the secretive New Zealand First Foundation.

It is written by the government and is delivered by the monarch from a throne in parliament's gilded House of Lords debating chamber.

It comes after scenes of disarray in the debating chamber yesterday - resulting in National's deputy Paula Bennett being ejected from the House.