Father of the House
Britishnoun
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“There are still thousands of people being exploited,” says Sir Peter Bottomley, former Father of the House of Commons and a campaigner against the leasehold system.
From BBC • Nov. 24, 2024
Mr Sheerman is the longest-serving Labour MP and the second-longest continuous serving MP in the House of Commons, behind Father of the House Sir Peter Bottomley.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2021
The process will be overseen by Ken Clarke, who as Father of the House is the long-serving MP in the Commons.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2019
Among the Tories banished on Tuesday night was Ken Clarke, a seventy-nine-year-old former Chancellor and Home Secretary, who is known as the Father of the House, because he is the country’s longest-serving M.P.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 6, 2019
From his long membership he became known as the "Father of the House."
From Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power by Marden, Orison Swett
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