The House of Lords has 139 women (19.7 ), while there are 125 women (19.4 ) in the British House of Commons.

Returning to British first principles, the House of Commons rescinded legislation suppressing press freedom in 1776.

In the 2010 election, the number of British Muslim members of the House of Commons doubled, to 16.

It was used by Ronald Reagan in a speech to the British House of Commons on June 8, 1982.

Canada (House of Commons) v. Vaid, 2005 S.C.C.

Bills come to the House of Commons predominantly.

First, the British House of Commons passed a motion directing the government to impose a ban on the use of wild animals in circuses.

The House of Commons Subcommittee was now studying the problem.

In the old days the House of Lords was as powerful as the House of Commons.

The House of Commons, which is the primary chamber composed of elected representatives

The Conservatives want to reduce the size of the House of Commons by 10 .

She mentioned the first woman Speaker of the House of Commons, the first woman Director of Public Prosecutions, the first woman Director of the Security Services and the first British woman in space.

Review of intelligence on weapons of mass destruction, United Kingdom House of Commons, 14 July 2004.

The term originates in the Elections in the United Kingdom for the House of Commons.

So here's a typical crappy British house.

In Canada (House of Commons) v. Vaid, the Supreme Court considered whether the Canadian Human Rights Act was applicable, because of the Constitution, by reason of a parliamentary privilege of the House of Commons and its members on questions of employment.

In the House of Commons a small committee will look at the detail line by line.

It is through a document called Hansard, which is a verbatim account of every single deliberation in the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

The House of Lords is, if you like, supportive in that the House of Lords scrutinises, advises and makes changes if possible to the amendments which come from the House Commons.

In the House of Commons on the green carpet there are two red stripes in front of the frontbench.

It was made up of the King, the House of Commons of Southern Ireland and the Senate of Southern Ireland.

This Parliament consisted of the King of Ireland, who was the same person as the King of England, a House of the Lords and a House of Commons.

In effect, 25 of the total electorate gave him nearly two thirds of the seats in the House of Commons.

When a bill is introduced into Parliament it goes through many stages, both in the House of Lords, where I sit, and in the House of Commons.

Electors chose only a representative for the House of Commons, and the majority party then appointed the prime minister.

According to normal British constitutional practice, the government would be expected to ratify this Constitution by a vote in the House of Commons and, until the recent general election, the government s huge majority should have been more than sufficient.

5 British Overseas Territories Bill, Explanatory Notes, House of Lords, 26 June 2000.

The parish is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom as part of North East Cambridgeshire.

The European Parliament s Socialist Group, the UK s House of Commons, and the Australian parliament have all investigated these private funds.

The MPs in the House of Commons have a dual role both in representing their constituents and acting as legislators.

On 27 March 2013, a private members bill to ban shark fin imports into Canada failed in the House of Commons.

United Kingdom House of Commons, Review of Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction Report of a Committee of Privy Counsellors , 14 July 2004, para.

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Meanwhile, in the United Kingdom, the House of Commons recently passed a resolution along the same lines as the proposed US legislation.

But his sharply reduced majority in the House of Commons, and his damaged personal reputation, mean that his political position is seriously weakened.

The House of Commons of Canada () is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate.

The important thing perhaps to remember in the House of Lords, unlike in the House of Commons, is that there is time to do this because we have no time limit on our debates.

Prime Minister in Margaret Thatcher, so that was a dramatic change, as have been the number of women Members of Parliament in the House of Commons.

In August, a delegation of six United Kingdom parliamentarians, comprising one member of the House of Lords and five members of the House of Commons, visited the Territory as part of a tour of Caribbean countries and Territories.

The delegation of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association of the United Kingdom was led by a member of the House of Commons Select Committee on Trade and Industry.

It subsequently submitted its recommendation to the House of Commons which, on 31 December 1993, approved the constitutional amendments as recommended by the Privy Council.

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