House of Commons

noun

1. 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

1. (in Britain, Canada, etc) the lower chamber of Parliament

House of Commons

1. 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

They noted that in 2015, the last time a similar bill was introduced, MPs had seven weeks to read the bill before debating it in the House of Commons, whereas Leadbeater's bill had been published just 18 days ahead of the first debate.

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In order to become law it would need approval from both the House of Commons and House of Lords.

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Defence Secretary John Healey told the House of Commons that the move would free up funds for further investment in the armed forces, in line with the government's target of spending 2.5% of GDP on defence.

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The district council has urged the new Labour administration to bring this legislation to the House of Commons.

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Cabinet ministers are increasingly divided in public over the issue, which will be voted on in the House of Commons at the end of next week.

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