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The Speaker's Chair is the focal point of the House
of Commons Chamber. Situated on a dais at the north
end of the
Chamber, the chair provides the Speaker with a
clear view of government and opposition benches, as
well as the public galleries above the Chamber
floor. Constructed in 1921 and presented to the
House by members of the Empire Parliamentary
Association, the Speaker's Chair includes an
overhead canopy that features the Royal Arms
sculpted from a piece of oak taken from the roof of
Great Britain's Westminster Hall built in 1397. The
Speaker's Chair also displays carvings of two
symbols of authority: a scepter surmounted by a
dove, and a mace on a background of intertwined
cords and oak leaves with acorns.
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