British House of Commons


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Noun1.British House of Commons - the lower house of the British parliament
house - an official assembly having legislative powers; "a bicameral legislature has two houses"
British Parliament - the British legislative body
Member of Parliament, Parliamentarian - an elected member of the British Parliament: a member of the House of Commons
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Cameron informed Putin about the British House of Commons vote to authorize the British government to take part in air strikes against "Daash" terrorist organization in Syria, British Premier's Spokesperson said.
BAGHDAD / National Iraqi News Agency / nina / House Speaker Salim al-Jubouri discussed in London on Thursday with the Head of the British House of Commons John Pirkko ways to develop parliamentary cooperation between the two countries and take advantage of the prestigious British experience in the performance of parliamentary committees to make them better able to follow up on government corruption and poor performance files.
1992: Betty Boothroyd (pictured) became the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons in its 700-year history.
1 (Petra) -- Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Ibrahim Saif reviewed economic relations on Monday with a delegation from the British House of Commons, including members of The Council for Arab-British Understanding, CAABU, and the All Party-Parliamentary Jordan group led by MP Crispin Blunt.
On November 14, 1977 Tam Dalyell, Labour MP for the Scottish constituency of West Lothian, asked during a British House of Commons debate over Scottish and Welsh devolution But the question was first posed by William Gladstone in 1886.
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22 (Saba) - Yemeni ambassador to London Abdullah al-Radhi met on Thursday in London with Chairman of the Group of Friends of Yemen in the British House of Commons Keith Vaz.
He was also brother in law of former British House of Commons member Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar.
The two sides reviewed bilateral relations and ways of enhancing them, open up new horizons of joint cooperation and exchange of experiences between Majlis Al Shura and the British House of Commons.
LONDON, June 12 (KUNA) -- British House of Commons (lower house) members rejected on Tuesday a proposal by the House of Lords (upper chamber) that would force the government to give the parliament a broad powers to manage EU Brexit negotiations.

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