When the House isn’t sitting, you can see the Chamber and walk through a voting lobby when you visit.

These desks pull out and were once used to note down the names of the MPs who were voting. Nowadays we use electronic pass readers instead.

They lead to the voting lobbies, where MPs go to register their vote on business of the House. When they have gathered on their chosen side, the entrance is locked. They are counted by two tellers as they exit, one MP from the Aye side and one supporting the No side.

Have you ever noticed the doors at the side of the Commons Chamber?

Written Parliamentary Questions enable MPs to seek information, investigate issues and hold ministers to account through detailed written answers, with every question and response published online as part of the public record.

The House of Commons Procedure Committee has recently published a report examining how well the Written Parliamentary Questions system is working in the Commons.

What happens in Parliament during conference recess? 🤔

• Statement from Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Yvette Cooper MP: Thirlwall Inquiry: Final Report and Recommendations.

• Urgent question from Wendy Chamberlain MP: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the English Whisky Geographical Indication Single Malt definition.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make a statement on the implications of the closure of the Saudi East-West oil pipeline for UK energy security, fuel prices and global oil supply, and on the steps the Government is taking in response.

• Urgent question from Tim Farron MP: