The design of the British House of Commons chamber has been copied around the world.
The Commons chamber used to look like this:
But now, following successive refits by Pugin and Gilbert Scott, it looks like this:
The green colouring and the opposing rows of benches are also seen in, for example, the Canadian House of Commons:
And the Parliament of Uganda:
As well as the old House of Assembly of "Rhodesia":
A smaller-scale version is seen in the Manx House of Keys:
In other cases, the design has been altered by the adoption of something like a continental-style semi-circular arrangement, and perhaps a slightly different colour scheme, as in the Australian House of Representatives:
And the New Zealand House of Representatives:
And also the Indian Lok Sabha:
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