Editing Palace of Westminster (section)

=== Dress code ===
[[File:Lionel de Rothschild HOC.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Introduction (British House of Commons)|introduction]] of a new Member of Parliament, 1858. Wearing hats in the House of Commons has not always been treated in the same way.]]

Men are expected to wear formal attire, women are expected to dress in business-like clothing and the wearing of T-shirts with slogans is not allowed.<ref>{{cite news|title=9 absurd rules about what you can't do in Parliament|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/9-absurd-things-youre-not-allowed-to-do-in-parliament-10250704.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/9-absurd-things-youre-not-allowed-to-do-in-parliament-10250704.html |archive-date=24 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=The Independent}}</ref>  Hats must not be worn (although they used to be worn when a [[point of order]] was being raised),<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/82580.stm |title=Points of Order |date=22 September 2009 |work=BBC News |access-date=22 January 2010}}</ref> and members may not wear military decorations or insignia. Members are not allowed to have their hands in their pockets{{mdash}}[[Andrew Robathan]] was heckled by opposing MPs for doing this on 19 December 1994.<ref>{{Cite Hansard |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199495/cmhansrd/1994-12-19/Orals-1.html#Orals-1_spnew17|title=Column 1380 |house=House of Commons |date=19 December 1994 |access-date=31 May 2008 |column=1380}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/81960.stm |title=You can't do that! |publisher=BBC News |date=5 April 2012 |access-date=31 October 2008}}</ref>