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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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 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 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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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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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 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 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 "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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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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well as members of the non-elected House of Lords. A research briefing published by the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Library in 2023 notes that:...
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the House, including catering, the House of Commons Library, digital services, and visitor services. Sometimes, committees from the House of Commons or...
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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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The House of Lords Library is the library and information resource of the House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It provides...
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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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Kissing hands (category Monarchy of the United Kingdom)
Of The Two Prime Ministers] from The Corporate Law Journal". 6 September 2022. How is a Prime Minister appointed? from the House of Commons Library....
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Uxbridge and South Ruislip (UK Parliament constituency) (category Politics of the London Borough of Hillingdon)
Danny Beales in the 2024 general election. An estimate by the House of Commons Library puts the "Leave" vote by the constituency in the 2016 referendum...
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The Virtual House of Commons is a name given to a series of measures involving the United Kingdom's House of Commons, including the use of video-conferencing...
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on the advice of the prime minister, and the powers of the House of Lords are limited to only delaying legislation. The House of Commons is the elected...
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The basic annual salary of a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons is £91,346, plus expenses, from April 2024. In addition, MPs are able to...
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members of Parliament were elected to the country's House of Commons – one for each parliamentary constituency. The UK Parliament consists of the elected...
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Labour Party (UK) (redirect from Rise of the labour party)
for the first time became the largest party in the House of Commons with 287 seats, but fell short of a majority, forming another minority government. In...
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British Summer Time (section Periods of deviation)
Time" (PDF). House of Commons Library. House of Commons Library. p. 23. Retrieved 25 October 2024. "Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents information...
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Speaker of the House of Commons took place on 4 November 2019. Lindsay Hoyle was elected with 325 votes in the final ballot, out of a total of 540 votes...
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the Leader of the House of Commons, Margaret Beckett, introduced the House of Lords Bill into the House of Commons. The House of Commons passed the bill...
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the departments of the Speaker, Clerk of the House of Commons, Serjeant at Arms, Library and Official Report of the House of Commons. Its responsibilities...
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passage of the Parliament Act 1911, the reduction of power in the House of Lords suggested that the Conservative leader in the House of Commons would be...
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The Mother of the House is an honorific title given by tradition to the female Member of Parliament of the House of Commons in the United Kingdom with...
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Doncaster North (UK Parliament constituency) (category Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983)
the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2005 by Ed Miliband of the Labour Party. Miliband currently serves as Secretary of State...
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Timetables, House of Commons Library Research Paper 09/44, 13 May 2009 Dissolution of Parliament 2010 Prorogation of the 54th Parliament of the United...
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