# Why no reading while court is in session?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 12, 2011, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-reading-while-court-is-in-session/588705 "2011-07-12T02:26:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-reading-while-court-is-in-session/588705/41 "2011-07-16T04:16:29Z")

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> [@Hypno-Toad](#):
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> When I visited the House of Lords, it was explicitly stated that there was to be NO READING apart from the little agenda paper. It is considered disrespectful to one’s betters.

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is the same way. The cops in the gallery enforce it pretty vigorously, too.

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