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Monday, June 8, 2015

UK House of Commons is broadcast live by radio for first time June 09,1975

The first live transmission from the House of Commons has been broadcast by BBC Radio and commercial stations. 

Commentary was provided by BBC political editor David Holmes and Edmund Boyle, from Independent Radio News, who shared a cramped, sound-proofed box inside the chamber.

Secretary of State for Industry Tony Benn was the first minister to be questioned in Parliament live on air, starting a debate which some listeners said was difficult to follow on radio.

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