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	Mayor of London - Booking Parliament Square
		Parliament Square may be used for filming, photo-shoots and photo-calls, subject to approval in advance.
		Applications cannot be taken for Parliament Square more than six (6) months in advance and organisers should not have any more than two applications pending in the same period.
		Activities that could impact on the general maintenance of the Square may require a specific assessment prior to approval being granted and there may be a cost for this assessment that will need to be met by the organiser and may increase the time required to process the application.
	www.london.gov.uk /mayor/parliament_square/booking.jsp (460 words)

	Parliament Square -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Parliament Square is west of the northern end of the (Click link for more info and facts about Palace of Westminster) Palace of Westminster in (The capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center) London.
		The east side of the square is a common location for protests, due to its proximity to the (Click link for more info and facts about Palace of Westminster) Palace of Westminster.
		The central garden of the square was transferred to control of the (Click link for more info and facts about Greater London Authority) Greater London Authority by the Greater London Authority Act 1999.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/P/Pa/Parliament_Square.htm (229 words)

	Greater London Authority Bill
		- (1) The functions of the Secretary of State under section 2 of the Trafalgar Square Act 1844 (care, control, management and regulation of the Square and its ornaments etc) are transferred by this subsection to the Authority.
		(9) In this section "the central garden of Parliament Square" means the site in Parliament Square on which the Minister of Works was authorised by the Parliament Square (Improvement) Act 1949 to lay out the garden referred to in that Act as "the new central garden".
		"Parliament Square Garden" means the central garden of Parliament Square, within the meaning of section 378 above.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/ld199899/ldbills/096/99096-aw.htm (460 words)

	Parliament and Westminster Abbey (from London) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Parliament Street, at the south end of Whitehall, opens into Parliament Square, one of London's busiest traffic whirlpools.
		Situated on the grounds of a former Benedictine monastery, it was refounded as the Collegiate Church of St. Peter in Westminster by Queen Elizabeth I in 1560.
		The British Parliament, often referred to as the “Mother of Parliaments,” consists of the sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-204026?tocId=204026&ct= (876 words)

	Parliament Square through to Victoria Tower Gardens for Sculpture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Parliament Square is the area by the Houses of Parliament, where Whitehall ends.
		Among the buildings surrounding the Square, the Middlesex Guildhall is noteworthy for its architectural sculpture by H.
		Walking away from the Houses of Parliament end leads one to the Buxton Memorial Fountain, a shrinelike construction made from a variety of coloured granites and softer stones, with floral decorations, gargoyle lizards, colourful miniature mosaics of animals and birds.
	www.speel.demon.co.uk /other/parlsq.htm (1057 words)

	Politics \| Parliament Square protester wins right to challenge ban
		Mr Haw has been protesting in Parliament Square since June 2001, initially against western sanctions on Iraq and later against the UK's involvement in the US-led war and its aftermath.
		Today he left the square and, accompanied by many supporters, went to London's high court to apply for permission to seek judicial review of new laws and regulations which could end his marathon protest.
		Parliament had clearly intended the new law to apply to Mr Haw, and the most that could be said was that the parliamentary draftsman had made a mistake when using the word "starts".
	politics.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5247757-110247,00.html (843 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Debates for 7 Feb 2005 (pt 40)
		It gave the power to a police officer of no higher rank than that of constable to determine that the appearance of a person in Parliament square was to the visual detriment of the square—in other words, that he looked untidy or a bit scruffy, or looked as though he should not be there.
		I thought that Parliament square was the centre where we expressed our political differences with the Government of the day.
		I do not believe that the Government should be making it a criminal offence for someone simply to express his view in Parliament square in a time-honoured way, and I do not think they should extend the area to 1 km.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm200405/cmhansrd/cm050207/debtext/50207-40.htm (1538 words)

	Observer Newspaper - News
		Protesters were initially focused at Parliament Square, about a mile away from the Notre Dame building, though the meleé eventually spread northward along Whitehall to encompass Trafalgar Square, just one block away from the Centre.
		Tom Herman also found himself in the middle of the action, this time on Parliament Square, where self-proclaimed "guerilla gardeners" were reclaiming urban spaces in the name of returning to more environmentally conscious society.
		Herman said the atmosphere in Parliament Square was relatively peaceful, compared with the vandalism in progress further up the road.
	www.nd.edu /~observer/05022000/News/3.html (623 words)

	Parliament Square (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Parliament Square is surrounded by the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey.
		The square, created in the mid-nineteenth century, is in reality a large roundabout and as such is difficult to reach in the busy London Traffic.
		However, if you manage to dodge the traffic, the square is a great place to sit and watch the world go by.
	www.casa.ucl.ac.uk /vuis/psq.htm (59 words)

	Brian Haw Peace Protester
		Because one person out there has the moral authority, the guts, the tenacity and the courage to stand in Parliament square for several years telling us what we did wrong in this House by authorising a war.
		on Parliament Square for all faiths and none at the Church of Perpetual Prayer.
		May 05: Brian stood for MP as the independent Parliament Square Peace Campaigner in the general election on 5 May 05 see here.
	www.parliament-square.org.uk (970 words)

	Welcome to MichaelMoore.com!
		"Parliament makes itself look utterly ridiculous when it claims to be the mother of Parliaments and the cradle of democracy and yet tries to ban protests like Brian's," said Jeremy Corbyn, a legislator from Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labor Party who opposed the new law.
		There are no pedestrian crossings onto the green in the middle of Parliament Square, but many people will cut though the traffic to read Mr.
		Although his place in the square is assured for now, he is still bound by other new legislation that restricts electronically enhanced sound near Parliament.
	www.michaelmoore.com /words/index.php?id=3805 (940 words)

	Parliament Square Co-operative \| CMHC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Created by Options for Homes, Parliament Square includes an innovative financing arrangement that, in effect, bypasses the developer and allows people to buy condo unit at 10 percent less than their market price.
		Bachelor units, for example, are between 382 and 510 square feet, and cost between $63,000 and $88,000; two-bedroom units are between 942 and 1057 square feet, and cost between $147,000 and $190,000.elsewhere in Toronto.
		Bachelor units, for example, are between 382 and 510 square feet, and cost between $63,000 and $88,000; two-bedroom units are between 942 and 1057 square feet, and cost between $147,000 and $190,000.
	www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca /en/imquaf/afho/potm/potm_003.cfm (923 words)

	Overview of Parliament Square (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The square was built on the kirkyard of St. Giles, and it was here that the religious reformer John Knox (c.1513-72) lies buried.
		Parliament House, to the rear, is now home to the High Court and incorporates the 17th Century Parliament Hall.
		In the centre of the square is a statue of Charles II mounted on a horse.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/features/featurefirst1156.html (219 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Politics \| Special Reports \| Demo ban threat to Westminster
		It's 1.37pm on Thursday May 22 on the pavement in Parliament Square opposite the House of Commons.
		Mr Allen considers that the protesters in Parliament Square, or as he terms them "the assortment of demonstrators", are too free.
		The MP was among the first to call for a recall of parliament to discuss the war on Iraq - for which he received Channel 4's Backbencher of the Year award.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /commons/story/0,9061,962319,00.html (669 words)

	Photo Report: National Mobilization Day in Italy Urgent: Rescue Falun Dafa Practitioners Persecuted in China \| ...
		During the noontime, the vice Chairman of the Parliament granted an interview with the Falun Gong delegation.
		Many government officials, including a former European Union Parliament Chairwoman, a vice Chairman of the Italian Parliament, the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and the NTC Association Chairman gave speeches and highly praised Falun Gong practitioners' benevolence and peacefulness.
		In the evening, practitioners gathered in Spain Square to hold a candle light vigil to mourn the 283 practitioners who have died as a consequence of the brutal persecution.
	www.clearharmony.net /articles/200110/1301.html (447 words)

	Telegraph \| Opinion \| Why I'd join the nutty protester in Parliament Square
		He is the lone eccentric who has kept a 24-hour vigil in Parliament Square, opposite the gates of the Commons, for the past four years.
		The new law gives ministers the power to draw up an exclusion zone, anywhere within a kilometre of Parliament Square, in which demonstrators are to be banned from protesting without permission from the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.
		But the fact that so many of them were prepared to go to the trouble of organising coach trips to Westminster from Aberdeen and Penzance, and marching all the way to London from Wales and Yorkshire, showed the sheer passion with which they held their views.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2005/06/17/do1701.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/06/17/ixportal.html (1029 words)

	London Pictures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Palace of Westminster has been the seat of the two Houses of Parliament, called the Lords and the Commons, since 1265.
		The Westminster Abbey is also located on parliament square but I did not have time to visit.
		Trafalgar Square was constructed in the 1830s to commemorate Admiral Lord Nelson who died at the Battle of Trafalgar.
	www.cs.earlham.edu /~millebe/Scotland/London (476 words)

	BRIAN HAW 1,521 NOT OUT! : LA IMC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		He started his anti-war protest on June 2nd 2001 in London’s Parliament Square, which has displeased the powers that be to such an extent that they enacted a law specifically to get rid of him.
		On June 2nd 2001, he began camping in Parliament Square in central London in a one-man to protest against war and foreign policy (initially, the sanctions against Iraq).
		In the UK general election of 2005 Haw stood as a candidate in the Cities of London and Westminster UK Parliament constituency in order to further his campaign and oppose the Act which was yet to come in to force.
	laindymedia.org /news/2005/07/133979.php (1229 words)

	Parliament Square, London SW1: tourist information from TourUK
		Parliament Square was designed to provide a more open aspect for the new Houses of Parliament built in 1870.
		The square is dotted with statues of famous statesmen, the most notable being Winston Churchill.
		Today, the square, which became Britain's first official roundabout in 1926, is normally a traffic jam, although this doesn't stop its use by the media for interviewing Members of Parliament.
	www.touruk.co.uk /london_squares/parliament_square1.htm (163 words)

	GO BRITANNIA! Travel Guide: London Attractions -Parliament & Big Ben
		The neo-Gothic building was begun in 1840 and the first Parliament was opened by Queen Victoria in 1852.
		Victoria Tower at the south end of the building is, at 336 ft., the tallest square tower in the world.
		Tucked into a niche along the west side of the building, is a statue of Richard I, Lionheart, striking a heroic pose.
	www.britannia.com /travel/top/bigben.html (242 words)

	Brain Haw (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This weekend Brian Haw will be marking the 730th day of his permanent 24 hour peace vigil opposite the Houses of Parliament in Parliament Square.
		When he came out of the court Brian's first thoughts were about the people for whom he is protesting - the children of Iraq who have died in their hundreds of thousands because of sanctions and war.
		A high court judge, Mr Justice Gray, ruled that Mr Haw was exercising his right to freedom of speech in Parliament Square, central London, his placards did not constitute advertising, and the pavement obstruction was not "unreasonable".
	www.j-n-v.org /BrainHaw.htm (1151 words)

	Mayday 2k 2000: update for Mayday actions
		The area around Parliament Square remained peaceful for most of the day, but trouble kicked off up Whitehall where a McDonalds got well and truly trashed, signalling the entrance of the riot squad.
		In Trafalgar Square, skirmishes continued between police and campaigners, with bottles being thrown by the usual minority of fuckwits, precipitating several police charges.
		Meanwhile by 4pm, hundreds of riot squad officers were surrounding the area around Parliament Square, blocking off all entrances and exits, despite the crowd being entirely peaceful at this point.
	www.urban75.org /mayday/010.html (437 words)

	Travel Channel :: Bahamas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Bahamian Parliament comprises two houses -- a 16-member Senate (Upper House) and a 40-member House of Assembly (Lower House) -- and a ministerial cabinet headed by a prime minister.
		Parliament Square's pink, colonnaded government buildings were constructed in the early 1800s by Loyalists who came to the Bahamas from North Carolina.
		The square is dominated by a statue of a slim young Queen Victoria that was erected on her birthday, May 24, in 1905.
	travel.discovery.com /destinations/fodors/bahamas/sightsacts_30993_1.html (175 words)

	HandHeld History: Parliament Square tour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		They were not the first, for on May Day in 1517 the Apprentices of London marched on Parliament.
		On VE Day in May 1945, Winston Churchill addressed the great crowds that filled Parliament Square.
		Before Big Ben, the bell in the clock at the Houses of Parliament was known as Great Tom.
	www.handheldhistory.com /parliamentsquare.htm (428 words)

	Digitally Distributed Environments: Parliament Square London Panorama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Parliament Square is notoriously difficult to get to, and yet it provides a unique view of the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey.
		The difficultly arises from the fact that Parliament Square became the first official roundabout in 1926, thus surrounding it with traffic.
		View the Quicktime panorama of Parliament Square, London (3.4mb).
	digitalurban.blogspot.com /2005/10/parliament-square-london-panorama.html (151 words)

	Defend our right to protest in Parliament Square Petition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Parliament Square has seen many demonstrations, starting with the long—running anti-Pinochet picket which was key to winning the initial decision to prosecute this mass murderer (shamefully freed by then Home Secretary Jack Straw).
		Despite a precedent ruling based on the right to freedom of speech which was won by Mr Haw, and despite support for Mr Haw and the community speak-out from inside and outside Parliament, the police have often refused to protect Mr Haw or his property from attack.
		The Defend our right to protest in Parliament Square Petition to UK Parliament was created by Global Women's Strike and written by Kay Cherry (womenstrike8m@server101.com).
	www.petitiononline.com /psquare/petition.html (449 words)

	Action & Activism: Tents to be erected in Parliament Square to demand justice for Fallujah refugees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Action & Activism: Tents to be erected in Parliament Square to demand justice for Fallujah refugees
		Tents to be erected in Parliament Square to demand justice for Fallujah refugees
		Peace activists will erect tents and stage a night-long protest in Parliament Square on Wednesday to demand justice for the more than 200,000 refugees who fled the November US assault on Fallujah, many of whom are currently struggling to find food, shelter and medical provision in near-freezing temperatures.
	electroniciraq.net /news/printer1758.shtml (475 words)

	Parliament square photo explore-london
		The HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, visit the "strangers gallery" and listen to a debate.
		Visit The House of commons website to find out what the government is up to.
		Parliament square - it looks leafy and green but its really a traffic island.
	www.explore-london.co.uk /parl2.html (67 words)

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