House of Commons

American  

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.

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House of Commons British  

noun

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

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House of Commons Cultural  

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.)

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House of Commons

In her maiden speech in the House of Commons in October 2024, Fleet said it was her "duty" to speak up for women in her Derbyshire constituency "whose stories are not being told".

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

One place he will have to abide by a formal dress code is in the House of Commons.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

Despite being forced out by his own MPs just two years after winning a landslide election victory, Sir Keir was met with cheers from the Labour benches as he arrived in the House of Commons.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

The party's comfortable majority in the 650-seat House of Commons means he will automatically become the next prime minister.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

In 1807 a bill to ban all English involvement in slave trading passed the House of Commons, then the House of Lords.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson