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    The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster...
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    The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries...
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    The House of Commons of Canada (French: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the...
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    The leader of the House of Commons is a minister of the Crown of the Government of the United Kingdom whose main role is organising government business...
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    The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the lower house and primary chamber of the Parliament of the United...
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    speaker of the House of Commons (French: président de la Chambre des communes) is the presiding officer of the lower house of the Parliament of Canada...
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    The "unreformed House of Commons" is a name given to the House of Commons of Great Britain (after 1800 the House of Commons of the United Kingdom) before...
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    Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The office was established by the Acts of Union...
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    The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England (which incorporated Wales) from its development in the 14th century to...
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    The representation of women in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom has been an issue in the politics of the United Kingdom at numerous points in...
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  • The youngest-ever elected member of the House of Commons of Canada is Pierre-Luc Dusseault, who was elected at the age of 19 years and 11 months in 2011...
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  • clerk of the House of Commons is the chief executive of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and before 1707 in the House of Commons...
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    Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until the end of 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords...
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    The leader of the government in the House of Commons of Canada (French: leader du gouvernement à la Chambre des communes du Canada), more commonly known...
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  • Speaker of the House of Commons is a political leadership position found in countries that have a House of Commons, where the membership of the body elects...
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    The House of Commons Library is the library and information resource of the lower house of the British Parliament. It was established in 1818, although...
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  • list of the speakers of the House of Commons of England, up to 1707. For speakers of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the...
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    of the North Carolina Legislature was known as the North Carolina House of Commons. ↑: Member was first appointed to office. Source: NC General Assembly...
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  • reference to male members. The Father of the House is a title that is bestowed on the senior male member of the House of Commons who has the longest continuous...
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    House of Commons of Great Britain was the lower house of the Parliament of Great Britain between 1707 and 1801. In 1707, as a result of the Acts of Union...
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    privileges of the king's sergeants, who alone deserved to bear maces enriched with costly metals, according to a House of Commons petition of 1344. However...
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  • members of the House of Commons. The House of Commons (Disqualification) Act 1693 The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1957 The House of Commons Disqualification...
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  • As a constitutional convention, members of Parliament (MPs) sitting in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom are not formally permitted to resign...
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    The House of Commons of Northern Ireland was the lower house of the Parliament of Northern Ireland created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920. The...
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    Parliament after the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two legislative chambers which occupy the building. The palace is the centre of political life...
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    The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the lower house, the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster...
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  • The House of Commons Commission is the overall supervisory body of the House of Commons administration in the United Kingdom. The commission is a corporate...
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  • In British politics, the Chief Whip of the governing party in the House of Commons is usually also appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury...
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    The Australian House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the upper house being the Senate. Its composition...
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    of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16th October, 1834 is the title of two oil on canvas paintings by J. M. W. Turner, depicting different views of the...
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