The new Commons Speaker, John Bercow, has been quick to make changes.
He is introducing elections for his three Deputies who, up to now, have been appointed following agreement between the "usual channels" - the Government and Opposition whips.
And Mr Bercow told the Hansard Society in September 2009 that he too hoped to introduce a package of reforms, which he described as a "backbencher's Bill of Rights", designed to strengthen the role of ordinary MPs in Parliament because their lot - in the words of Gilbert Sullivan - was often "not a happy one".
Mr Bercow said MPs had been marginalised in the Commons so most had instead become a "de facto ombudsman" on behalf of their constituents.
And, controversially, the Commons Speaker revealed that he wants MPs to give up their 11- or 12-week summer break and return to work at Westminster in September.
He said Parliament's long recess "must be mystifying in the eyes of our constituents".
And on a personal note, John Bercow is following in the footsteps of his predecessors by casting off even more of the traditional garb of the Commons Speaker.
Betty Boothroyd refused to wear a wig. Michael Martin dropped the knee breeches and tights.
And now Mr Bercow has discarded the traditional waistcoat, cuffs and winged collar in favour of a lounge suit and tie under a black gown.
