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BBC Parliament celebrates ten year anniversary
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BBC Parliament is ten years old, marking the anniversary on 6 October when Westminster returns from the summer recess.
The channel is watched by more than a million viewers every month and is available on all digital TV platforms.
BBC Parliament was the first BBC channel to be made available live on the web and many of its programmes are now available on BBC iPlayer.
While Westminster has been on recess the channel has shown large parts of the two US Conventions, live proceedings from five weeks of sittings of the Scottish Parliament, and the whole of the TUC, Liberal Democrat, Labour and Conservative conferences live.
The channel is marking the anniversary with two evenings of landmark debates from the last ten years:
Saturday 4 October
6.00 to 10.00pm – BBC Parliament celebrates its 10th anniversary with a look back over the highlights from the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Northern Assembly
Welsh Assembly:
Royal Opening of the Senned, 1 March 2006
Scottish Parliament:
First ever FMQs with Donald Dewar The nomination of Alex Salmond for First Minister
Northern Ireland Assembly:
Trimble and Mallon FMQs and Deputy FMQs, standing side by side, 24 January 2000
Ian Paisley nominating Peter Robinson as FM, Gerry Adams nominating Martin McGuinness
Sunday 5 October
6.00pm – BBC Parliament's 10th Anniversary – Iraq War Debate
Recorded coverage of the seminal debate in the House of Commons from 18 March 2003 on whether military action should be taken on Iraq
8.45pm – BBC Parliament's 10th Anniversary – Tony Blair's last Prime Minister's Questions
Tony Blair's final question session as Prime Minister from 27 June 2007 where Leader of the Opposition David Cameron and then Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell paid tribute to the PM before he left to a standing ovation from MPs
9.20pm – BBC Parliament's 10th Anniversary – Lords Reform Debate
Recorded coverage of the key debate in the Lords on the second reading of the House of Lords Bill from 29 and 30 March 1999 which removed the majority of hereditary peers from the chamber.
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