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

Members of the public have been temporarily banned from walking into the main chamber of the House of Commons after a mobile phone was found hidden there during a security sweep.

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Lucy Powell, who was leader of the House of Commons, has also left the government.

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"Politicians should be accurate in what they say and the prime minister was completely inaccurate in what he said in attacking me in the House of Commons yesterday," he said.

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A Parliament spokesperson says work is taking place to upgrade access for disabled people and the House of Commons Modernisation Committee is currently looking at how to improve things.

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The changes will be brought in as part of the Sentencing Bill, being introduced in the House of Commons on Tuesday.

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