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GCSE Citizenship Studies · key term
A senior House of Lords official with responsibilities for order, security and ceremonies, including summoning MPs at the State Opening of Parliament.
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Paper 1
Revise: Ceremonial and Parliamentary RolesBlack Rod is a senior official of the House of Lords, with responsibilities for order, security and major ceremonies. Black Rod is not the person who chairs Commons debates.
Black Rod’s three knocks symbolise the Commons’ independence from the monarch; they are not part of voting on a law.
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