Contemporary Art Tours at the Houses of Parliament

Portcullis House, the only new building commissioned by Parliament since the Palace of Westminster in the nineteenth century, is home to the House of Commons contemporary portrait collection of leading Parliamentarians in paintings, works on paper and photographs. On this visit, you get a 75-minute tour of them, taking in works by the likes of Grayson Perry and Gerald Scarfe and portraits of Tony Benn, Tony Blair and Michael Foot.