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Why did the House of Lords ever have a rifle range?

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21 February 2015

9:00 AM

21 February 2015

9:00 AM

Gun lords

The House of Lords shooting range is to be turned into a cupboard, having previously survived an attempt by Labour MPs in 1997 to turn it into a crèche.
— The range was constructed in 1916 for the Palace of Westminster Rifle Club, which managed to convince the Lord Great Chamberlain that rifle clubs were ‘a means of promoting a stronger sense of citizenship among members’.

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