Division Bell
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- The Division Bell is a 1994 album by Pink Floyd
The Division Bell is a signal used within the local neighbourhood of the UK Parliament that a vote ("Division") is being held and that members in the Commons or in the House of Lords have just under eight minutes to get to the appropriate Division Lobby to vote for or against the resolution. The call for a Division is also displayed on the Annunciator screens throughout the Parliamentary buildings.
Because of the time allowance MPs may, in fact, be in nearby offices, restaurants, pubs or shops, some of which will have their own Division Bells connected to those within the confines of the Parliament's buildings, others will use a system of pagers co-ordinated by the Whip's office of each party.
The headquarters of the major parties are all within the reach of the division bell and this area roughly defines the geographical limits of the Westminster Bubble.