| 词条 | Division bell |
| 释义 |
A division bell is a bell rung in or around a parliament to signal a division and thus call all members of the chamber so affected to vote in it.[1] They may also be used to signal the start or end of parliamentary proceedings, and often produce different sounds or coloured lights to identify the chamber affected.[2][2] In the United KingdomThe bell is used in the immediate neighbourhood of the Palace of Westminster (which houses Parliament) to signal that a division is occurring and that members of the House of Commons or of the House of Lords have eight minutes to get to their chosen Division lobby to vote for or against the resolution. The call for a division is also displayed on Annunciator screens throughout the Palace of Westminster.[3][4] The division bells are also sounded at the point when the house sits (at the start of its day), at the end of the two-minute prayers that start each day, and when the house rises.[5] Division bells have been used in this way in the United Kingdom for over 150 years.[6] As of 2014, there were 384 division bells within the Parliamentary estate, and 172 outside it.[4] Some Members may be in nearby offices, restaurants, pubs or shops, and therefore some of these establishments have their own division bells connected to those in the Houses of Parliament. MPs including Alec Douglas-Home, Michael Portillo and Michael Heseltine reportedly had division bells fitted in their homes.[6] Though the Commons and Lords share division bells, they are driven from separate ringing generator systems which means that the bells make a noticeably different sound for a division of the House of Commons and a division of the House of Lords.{{fact|date=February 2019}} The generator for the House of Commons simultaneously sounds all the division bells with a 2 Hertz signal for exactly eight minutes. As soon as the bells stop, the door keepers manning the entrances to the two division lobbies close and lock the doors. Any member who has failed to enter the lobby in time has lost the ability to vote in that division. Anywhere where the Palace of Westminster is within an eight-minute journey is therefore often referred to as being within the "division-bell area".[6] A broadcast of the BBC's Antiques Roadshow in October 2007 from the Banqueting House in Whitehall featured the original Ringing Generator System Number 1 from the House of Commons. The programme's expert, Paul Atterbury, with the help of former House of Commons Speaker Baroness Betty Boothroyd, demonstrated the apparatus in use with one of the original Division Bells. The show valued the transmitter at £15,000.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}} Three Ringing Generator Systems were made at the end of the 19th century by the GPO at the request of the Government. They were numbered 1, 2 and 3. Numbers 2 and 3 were destroyed by a bomb in 1941 and replaced with copies bearing the numbers 4 and 5. Number 5 generator exists, but the whereabouts of number 4 is not known. The current generator is entirely electronic.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}} External division bellsThere are approximately 200 division bells located outside the Palace of Westminster, in nearby government offices and even MP's private residences.[6] Public establishments fitted with division bells (as of 2013) include:[5]
The bells are connected by telephone lines,[6] and proprietors of these establishments are responsible for the maintenance of the bells.[5] In AustraliaBoth State and Federal Parliament buildings use electronic division bells. In most states with bicameral parliaments, and in the Federal Parliament, red and green lights near the division bells flash to indicate which house is being called.[7] Queensland and the Territories, which have unicameral parliaments, do not require the red light which indicates the upper house. In the Parliament of New South Wales, the division bell rings differently for divisions in the Assembly and the Council.[8] The bells are typically rung at the beginning of a sitting, because a member has challenged a vote (called a division), or because there are not enough members in the chamber to constitute quorum.[7] Federal ParliamentIn both the Senate and the House of Representatives, the division bell is normally rung for four minutes, unless successive divisions are taken with no debate between, in which case they ring for one minute only. After this period has elapsed, the doors to the chamber are locked, and the vote takes place. The duration of the bell was increased to four minutes following the move to Parliament House in 1988, and is measured by in the House of Representatives using a sandglass.[9][10] In CanadaThe electronic bell of the House of Commons sounds to call members of the House for a sitting, a vote, or to announce the lack of a quorum. In the case of a vote, it is referred to as the division bell.[2] References1. ^UK Parliament glossary - division bell 2. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://lop.parl.ca/About/Parliament/Education/glossary-intermediate-students-e.html|title=Glossary of Parliamentary Terms|last=|first=|date=|website=Parliament of Canada|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=17 February 2019}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-information-office/Divisions.pdf|title=Divisions|last=|first=|date=|website=UK Parliament|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=17 February 2019}} 4. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/site-information/foi/foi-and-eir/commons-foi-disclosures/estates-information/division-bells-2014/|title=Division bells (2014)|website=UK Parliament|language=English|access-date=2019-02-17}} 5. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |title=Divisions in the House of Commons: House of Commons Background Paper |first=Mark |last=Sandford |date=2 August 2013 |id=Document ref:SN/PC/06401 |url=http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN06401/SN06401.pdf}} 6. ^1 2 3 4 {{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/property/house-and-home/property/westminster-for-whom-the-division-bell-tolls-236519.html|title=Westminster: For whom the division bell tolls|date=2005-05-04|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2019-02-17}} 7. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/House_of_Representatives/Powers_practice_and_procedure/00_-_Infosheets/Infosheet_14_-_Making_decisions_-_debate_and_division|title=Infosheet 14 - Making decisions - debate and division|last=|first=|date=|website=Parliament of Australia|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=17 February 2019}} 8. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/about/Pages/Procedures-and-Processes-of-the-Houses.aspx|title=Procedures and Processes of the Houses|last=|first=|date=|website=Parliament of New South Wales|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=17 February 2019}} 9. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/House_of_Representatives/Powers_practice_and_procedure/Practice7/HTML/Chapter8/Divisions|title=Chapter 8: Divisions|last=|first=|date=|website=Parliament of Australia|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=17 February 2019}} 10. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Senate/Powers_practice_n_procedures/Odgers_Australian_Senate_Practice/Chapter_11|title=CHAPTER 11 {{!}} Voting and Divisions|last=|first=|date=|website=Parliament of Australia|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=17 February 2019}} 1 : Legislatures |
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