The Commons, located inside the 26-acre Hermann Park in Houston, has been under construction for two years and is finally set to open to the public Saturday with an opening ceremony.
Lord Hoyle, who has died aged 98, was an effective Left-wing Labour MP for 21 years before taking office as a Government whip in the Lords; he was still an active peer, at the age of 93, when his son, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, was elected Speaker of the Commons.