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House of Commons
noun
- the elective, lower house of the Parliament of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, and various other countries in the Commonwealth of Nations.
House of Commons
noun
- (in Britain, Canada, etc) the lower chamber of Parliament
House of Commons
- The lower house of the parliament of Britain . It includes representatives from England , Northern Ireland , Scotland , and Wales , all elected by the people. It is more powerful than the House of Lords , the upper house of parliament. The leader of the ruling party in the House of Commons is the prime minister of Britain; the prime minister chooses a cabinet composed mainly of members of the House of Commons. ( Compare House of Lords .)
Example Sentences
Speaking in the House of Commons, he said the fact the US had put lower tariffs on the UK compared to other countries "vindicated the pragmatic approach the government has taken".
In response to an urgent question from Liberal Democrat education spokeswoman Munira Wilson in the House of Commons, Daby said she regretted the delay in announcing the continuation of the fund.
As the strike was being raised in the House of Commons, the government confirmed it was now "monitoring the situation closely".
Mr McDiarmid's call was echoed by a number of MPs in a House of Commons debate on Thursday.
In 2012, a bid by Conservative MP Rebecca Harris to move UK clocks forward by an hour for a three-year trial period failed after the legislation ran out of time in the House of Commons.
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