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Sentence Examples In the House of Lords, members need not seek the recognition of the presiding officer before speaking, as is done in the House of Commons. In the House of Lords, the bill is called the Select Vestries Bill, while the Commons equivalent is the Outlawries Bill. Bills may be introduced in either house, though controversial bills normally originate in the House of Commons. These provisions, however, only apply to public bills that originate in the House of Commons. The Commons, led by their speaker, would listen from the Bar of the Lords, just outside the chamber. The Royal Assent ceremony takes place in the Senate, as the sovereign is traditionally barred from the House of Commons. Prior to 1902, the prime minister sometimes came from the House of Lords, provided that his government could form a majority in the Commons. By a custom that prevailed even before the Parliament Acts, only the House of Commons may originate bills concerning taxation or Supply. Furthermore, supply bills passed by the House of Commons are immune to amendments in the House of Lords. Parliament consists of the Monarch, the House of Commons and the House of Lords. When it met in October 1680, an Exclusion Bill was introduced and passed in the Commons without major resistance, but was rejected in the Lords. The House of Commons, with a Whig majority, quickly resolved that the throne was vacant, and that it was safer if the ruler was Protestant. He renewed his friendship with William Wilberforce, now MP for Hull, with whom he frequently met in the gallery of the House of Commons. In the Commons, he insisted on the support of all Whig members, especially those who held office. But Pitt wisely declined, for he knew he would be incapable of securing the support of the House of Commons. In 1826, Broughton, a Whig, announced in the Commons that he opposed the report of a Bill. Throughout the 19th century, governments led from the Lords had often suffered difficulties governing alongside ministers who sat in the Commons. From its appearance in the 14th century Parliament has been a bicameral legislature consisting of the Commons and the Lords. Pitt's support for the bill, however, was not strong enough to prevent its defeat in the House of Commons. With 379 seats compared to the Conservatives' 132, the Liberals could confidently expect to pass their legislative programme through the Commons. Show More Sentences For five years, the Commons and the Lords fought over one bill after another. Fortunately for Pitt, the King recovered in February 1789, just after a Regency Bill had been introduced and passed in the House of Commons. It provided that the Lords could not delay for more than one month any bill certified by the Speaker of the Commons as a money bill. The Prime Minister's powers are also limited by the House of Commons, whose support the Government is obliged to maintain. Restraints imposed by the Commons grow weaker when the Government's party enjoys a large majority in that House, or among the electorate. The lack of partisanship continues even after the Speaker leaves the House of Commons. On 14 March 1801, Pitt was formally replaced by the Speaker of the House of Commons, Henry Addington. Its membership mainly comprises senior politicians, who are present or former members of either the House of Commons or the House of Lords. The remaining parliamentary chamber, the House of Commons, instituted a Council of State to execute laws and to direct administrative policy. In 1657, the Commons granted Cromwell even greater powers, some of which were reminiscent of those enjoyed by monarchs. Parliament was dissolved, and the subsequent election gave the ministry a strong majority in the House of Commons. If the Prime Minister loses the support of the House of Commons, Parliament will dissolve and a new election will be held. David Cameron appointed her Shadow Leader of the House of Commons in December 2005 after his accession to the leadership. He was also elected as a Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons. In July 2010, May announced a package of reforms to policing in England and Wales in the House of Commons. In the 2005 United Kingdom general election, the House of Commons had 646 constituencies covering the whole of the United Kingdom. The House of Commons is one of the two chambers of the bicameral Parliament of the United Kingdom, the other being the House of Lords. Assembly Constituency boundaries are identical to their House of Commons equivalents. There are currently 105 seats in the Senate and 338 in the House of Commons. The SDLP currently has three MPs in the House of Commons, and 12 MLAs in the Northern Ireland Assembly. Show More Sentences The committee must be established between 1 June and 30 November 2020, and the majority of its members must be members of the House of Commons. Nothing in this Act shall diminish or qualify the existing rights and privileges of the House of Commons. The Whigs could not get the bill past its second reading in the British House of Commons, and the bill failed. In each case, the bill must be passed by the House of Commons at least one calendar month before the end of the session. Clacton is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Mr Carswell then became UKIP's only MP in the Commons, as Mark Reckless, a fellow Conservative defector, lost his seat. At the 2015 general election, the party won two seats in the House of Commons, Fermanagh and South Tyrone and South Antrim. As a result, the UUP were left without representation in the House of Commons for the first time since the party's creation. He left the Scottish Parliament in 2001 to lead the SNP group in the House of Commons. He has indicated that he does not intend to replace Angus Robertson, MP for Moray, as the SNP leader in the House of Commons. On 13 May 2015, Salmond was appointed as the SNP's foreign affairs spokesman in the House of Commons. Constance, Countess Markievicz, was the first woman elected to the British House of Commons. The Parliament of Northern Ireland was bicameral, consisting of a House of Commons with 52 seats, and an indirectly elected Senate with 26 seats. The Senate generally had the same party balance as the House of Commons, though abstaining parties and very small parties were not represented. Because of this, and its dependence on the House of Commons for election, it had virtually no political impact. The Commons met in the College's Gamble Library and the Senate in the Chapel. This was backed in an emergency session of the House of Commons the next day. Some of the other whips are nominally Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury, though they are all members of the House of Commons. This has led to the Government front bench in the Commons being known as the Treasury Bench. But, only British, Irish and Commonwealth citizens are allowed to vote for the British House of Commons. Show More Sentences The Chancellor traditionally carries his Budget speech to the House of Commons in a particular red Despatch Box. That year the bill passed through the Commons but was defeated in the Lords. On 23 March 2016, the House of Commons passed the HS2 hybrid bill at its third reading. In April 2011 the then Leicester South MP Sir Peter Soulsby left the House of Commons to seek election as Mayor of Leicester. In 1912, the House of Lords managed to delay a Home Rule bill passed by the House of Commons. After the budget bill was passed by the Commons in 1909 it was vetoed by the House of Lords. In 1733, Richardson was granted a contract with the House of Commons, with help from Onslow, to print the Journals of the House. The Labour MP Alex Lyon waved a copy of The Sun in the House of Commons and suggested the paper could be prosecuted for indecency. In March 1916, Churchill returned to England after he had become restless in France and wished to speak again in the House of Commons. The Clerk of the House is both the House's chief adviser on matters of procedure and chief executive of the House of Commons. He first entered the House of Commons in 1832, beginning his political career in the Conservative Party as a High Tory. Back in office in early 1886, Gladstone proposed home rule for Ireland but was defeated in the House of Commons. Gladstone served as President of the Oxford Union, where he developed a reputation as an orator, which followed him into the House of Commons. After Peel's death in 1850 Gladstone emerged as the leader of the Peelites in the House of Commons. The Bill to abolish duties on paper narrowly passed Commons but was rejected by the House of Lords. Westminster Abbey and the Law Courts were damaged, while the Chamber of the House of Commons was destroyed. Rosebery was in the Lords, but Harcourt controlled the Commons, where he often undercut the prime minister. Ramsay MacDonald, a committed pacifist, immediately resigned the chairmanship of the Labour Party in the House of Commons. The Librarian is head of the House of Commons Library, the House's research and information arm. It had by 1372 become a parliamentary borough sending burgesses to the House of Commons of the Parliament of England. Show More Sentences In addition, Skye forms part of the wider Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency, which elects one member to the House of Commons in Westminster. Labrador constitutes a federal electoral district electing one member to the House of Commons of Canada. When the House of Commons impeaches an individual, the trial takes place in the House of Lords. Black is the current Baby of the House as the youngest member in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Ken Clarke, the Father of the House of Commons, had said he would retire in 2020, but opted to stand again in the 2017 election. Parliament is bicameral, consisting of the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Mundell represents the Scottish constituency of Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale since 2005 in the House of Commons. In this position Smith piloted the highly controversial devolution proposals for Scotland and Wales through the House of Commons. In modern times, all Prime Ministers and Leaders of the Opposition have been drawn from the Commons, not the Lords. A government is not formed by a vote of the House of Commons, it is a commission from the monarch. About 120 amendments and new clauses were lodged on the bill by opposition parties but these were rejected by the Commons. However, neither the Prime Minister nor members of the Government are elected by the House of Commons. On the 24 January 1980, the House of Commons backed government policy, by 308 votes to 52, to retain an independent nuclear deterrent. Since the passage of these Acts, the House of Commons has become the dominant branch of Parliament, both in theory and in practice. For elections to the House of Commons, Moray's boundaries match with the Moray constituency. In October 2006, Lennox spoke at the British House of Commons about the need for children in the UK to help their counterparts in Africa. In 1997, he left Runrig in order to stand for a seat in the House of Commons for the Labour Party. Graham was a very effective member of the House of Commons, especially when speaking on Scottish topics. In the House of Commons, Lloyd George gave a brilliant account of the budget, which was attacked by the Conservatives. Henry refused to attack the Church that had helped him to power, and the House of Commons had to beg for the bill to be struck off the record. Show More Sentences The only vestige of the principle is the process of resignation from the House of Commons. A ministry must always retain the confidence and support of the House of Commons. During the reign of the next monarch, Richard II, the Commons once again began to impeach errant ministers of the Crown. Despite such gains in authority, however, the Commons still remained much less powerful than the House of Lords and the Crown. Mill proposed it to the House of Commons in 1867, but the British parliament rejected it. This period also saw the introduction of a franchise which limited the number of people who could vote in elections for the House of Commons. In 2017 he unsuccessfully sought to return to the House of Commons for his former constituency. The town is in the Ceredigion constituency for elections to the House of Commons. Frank Cousins, the Labour Minister of Technology, told the House of Commons in November 1965 that Beeching had been dismissed by Tom Fraser. Abbott became the first black woman Member of Parliament when she was elected to the House of Commons in the 1987 general election. Prior to 1950, universities could elect and return representatives to the House of Commons. When the House of Commons was unhappy it was the Speaker who had to deliver this news to the monarch. This began the tradition whereby the Speaker of the House of Commons is dragged to the Speaker's Chair by other members once elected. Pembroke Library shares a building with the Tourist Information Centre on Commons Road and offers a full lending service and internet access. The 1893 Bill passed the Commons but was rejected by the House of Lords, which had a permanent and large Conservative majority. In 1548, the House of Commons was granted a regular meeting place by the Crown, St Stephen's Chapel. Howard was also a member of the House of Commons, yet he was not as distinguished as many others have been. Eight times elected to the House of Commons, in 1934 he was raised to the House of Lords with the title of Lord Portsea. The defeat of such a bill by the House of Commons indicates that a Government no longer has the confidence of that House. The remaining house of Parliament, the House of Commons, instituted a Council of State to execute laws and to direct administrative policy. Show More Sentences Each of the 338 members of parliament in the House of Commons is elected by simple plurality in an electoral district or riding. Provincial legislatures are unicameral and operate in parliamentary fashion similar to the House of Commons. At the other tables, Lady Billingham made five diamonds exactly, but both Commons pairs cautiously stopped in partscores. By the time of the 1959 general election Churchill seldom attended the House of Commons. In 1878, a committee of the House of Commons endorsed this view and made recommendations as to how the task should be performed. Various shades of red and green are used for visual identification of the House of Lords and the House of Commons. The president was permitted to hold a seat and vote in the House of Commons, and the position was generally held by a cabinet minister. Michael Gove moved to the position of Justice Secretary, replacing Chris Grayling, who became the new Leader of the House of Commons. From 1290, Yorkshire was represented by two Members of Parliament of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England. When the House of Commons attempted to revive the proposal in 1610, it was met with a more open hostility. The Kingdom of Ireland was legislated by the bicameral Parliament of Ireland, made up of the House of Lords and the House of Commons. The building is managed by committees appointed by both houses, which report to the Speaker of the House of Commons and the Lord Speaker. The House of Commons, which did not have a chamber of its own, sometimes held its debates in the Chapter House of Westminster Abbey. Reforms of the voting system increased the power of the House of Commons at the expense of the House of Lords and the monarch. The Commons Chamber was rebuilt after the war under the architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, in a simplified version of the old chamber's style. Media related to The Needles Battery at Wikimedia Commons Media related to Needles New Battery at Wikimedia Commons. The January 2013 vote in the House of Commons effectively killed the process two years after its start by the four national commissions. From the Middle Ages the Parliamentary Borough of Newport had two seats in the House of Commons. This system produced the two houses of parliament, the House of Commons and the House of Lords. The tradition where the Lords Spiritual and Temporal sat separately from the Commons began during the reign of Edward III in the 14th century. Show More Sentences Lord Chancellor Gardiner and the House of Commons petitioned Mary to consider marrying an Englishman, preferring Edward Courtenay. Speaker's Tower contains Speaker's House, the official residence of the Speaker of the Commons. In England, the House of Commons returned the document to the Assembly with the requirement to compile a list of proof texts from Scripture. The warning was accepted by the Commons, and no more action was taken on the two Puritan bills. In the first Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the members of the House of Commons were not elected afresh. Following the Blitz, which destroyed the chamber of the House of Commons, the Lord's chamber was occupied by the Commons. The ongoing struggles over martial law and civil liberties, along with the rejection of the Resolutions seriously concerned the Commons. When he brings into the Commons a bill to suspend the payment of annates to Rome, he suggests a division of the House. Most of the men elected to the Commons had private incomes, while a few relied on financial support from a wealthy patron. Hearing of this, the King sent a message to Parliament forbidding the Commons from discussing matters of state. By tradition, the British Sovereign does not enter the Chamber of the House of Commons. Under reforms made in 1999, the House of Commons uses the Grand Committee Room next to Westminster Hall as an additional debating chamber. This was reported in the Cape Argus and was a subject of a question to the government in the House of Commons in London. There are two suites of libraries on the Principal Floor, overlooking the river, for the House of Lords Library and House of Commons Library. The legislative assemblies use a procedure similar to that of the Canadian House of Commons. Whilst most days in the House of Commons are set aside for government business, twenty days in each session are set aside for opposition debates. Since 1915, the Leader of the Opposition has, like the Prime Minister, always been a member of the House of Commons. Every government department is subjected to questions in the House of Commons and the House of Lords. The Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod oversees security for the House of Lords, and the Serjeant at Arms does the same for the House of Commons. If not passed within two sessions, the House of Commons can override the Lords delay by invoking the Parliament Act. Show More Sentences Certain legislation, however, must be approved by both Houses and can't be forced through by the Commons under the Parliament Act. It is traditional to offer a peerage to every outgoing Speaker of the House of Commons. Tradition still dictates that only the Serjeant at Arms may enter the Commons chamber armed. Members of the public continue to have access to the Strangers' Gallery in the House of Commons. In 1993 the way that Stonehenge was presented to the public was called 'a national disgrace' by the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee. The parliament was called to grant taxation, but the House of Commons took the opportunity to address specific grievances. Smoking has not been allowed in the chamber of the House of Commons since the 17th century. Speeches may not be read out during debate in the House of Commons, although notes may be referred to. Yet the real adversary of the Commons, supported by powerful men such as Wykeham and Edmund de Mortimer, Earl of March, was John of Gaunt. The United Kingdom general election of 7 May 2015 elected 650 members to the British House of Commons. It is currently the governing party, having won a majority of seats in the House of Commons at the 2015 general election. The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The House of Commons is a democratically elected chamber with elections held at least every five years. Their names are inscribed in gold leaf around the upper walls of Room C of the House of Commons Library. Until 1971, the Clerk of the House of Commons became temporary Chairman of the House. Until 2001, the election of a Speaker was conducted as a routine matter of House of Commons business, as it used motions and amendments to elect. This happened as parliament gradually developed into a bicameral institution, composed of a House of Lords and a House of Commons. Since the House of Commons is a very large body, Speakers are rarely called upon to use the casting vote. In addition to his or her role as presiding officer, the Speaker performs several other functions on the behalf of the House of Commons. Furthermore, the Speaker controls the parts of the Palace of Westminster used by the House of Commons. Show More Sentences Each day, prior to the sitting of the House of Commons, the Speaker and other officials travel in procession from the apartments to the Chamber. Yet it was not in the upper, but in the lower house that the greatest changes took place, with the expanding political role of the Commons. Between them, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats controlled 363 seats in the House of Commons, with a majority of 76 seats. The House of Commons underwent an important period of reform during the 19th century. Because the government had to rely on the support of the Liberals it was unable to get any socialist legislation passed by the House of Commons. The Commons chamber is small and modestly decorated in green, in contrast to the large, lavishly furnished red Lords chamber. He made his maiden speech in the House of Commons on 23 May, responding to comments made by future Speaker John Bercow. The party went from holding six seats in the House of Commons to 56, mostly at the expense of the Labour Party. Carswell quit the party in March 2017 to become an independent, leaving UKIP without any MPs in the Commons. The Standing Orders of the House of Commons do not establish any formal time limits for debates. In 2010, on election to the House of Commons, Lucas resigned her seat and was succeeded by Keith Taylor. The quorum of the House of Commons is 40 members for any vote, including the Speaker and four tellers. The proposals called for changes in procedures in the House of Commons for the passage of bills relating only to England. This principle should be enshrined by a resolution of the House of Commons. The changes were debated by the Third Delegated Legislation Committee in January 2016, rather than in the Commons. There are 533 English constituencies, which because of their large number, form an inbuilt majority in the House of Commons. The House of Commons ceased considering such petitions in 1399, leaving the House of Lords, effectively, as the nation's court of last resort. The supremacy of the British House of Commons was established in the early 20th century. The symbol used by the Commons consists of a portcullis topped by St Edward's Crown. During the Second World War, the Commons Chamber was bombed, so the Commons began to conduct their debates in the Lords Chamber. Show More Sentences The Commons assemble in their own chamber, wearing ordinary day dress, and begin the day, as any other, with prayers. When the Commons demand judgment, but not earlier, the Lords may proceed to pronounce the sentence against the accused. The Commons then arrive at the Bar of the House of Lords where they bow to the Queen. In the 2015 general election the South West contained 55 seats in the House of Commons. When this court was abolished in 1830, its rights were in turn transferred to the courts of King's Bench, Exchequer, and Commons Pleas. Dissolution ends a parliamentary term, and is followed by a general election for all seats in the House of Commons. Following the speech, the Queen leaves the chamber before the Commons bow again and return to their Chamber. Media related to Cathedrals in England at Wikimedia Commons Media related to Cathedrals in Wales at Wikimedia Commons. The first speech of the debate in the Commons is, by tradition, a humorous one given by a member selected in advance. Before the bill could be debated in the House of Commons, the Government elected to proceed under the royal prerogative of mercy. In 1833 a House of Commons committee found that Stephenson had equal claim to having invented the safety lamp. In June 2006, Gwyneth Dunwoody, the House of Commons Transport Committee chair, called for an investigation into the companies. In the Commons debate the government announced they would not implement the Report immediately. The Cabinet has come to be made up almost entirely of members of the House of Commons. The House of Lords is now a chamber that is subordinate to the House of Commons. It later became a meeting place of the King's Great Council and the Commons, predecessors of Parliament. The political influence of the Commons originally lay in their right to grant taxes. The rebel manifesto, The Complaint of the Poor Commons of Kent, was written under Cade's leadership. This was initially controversial, and required that Henry visit the House of Lords three times to browbeat the Commons. Ofsted has been criticised as 'not fit for purpose' by the House of Commons Education Select Committee. Show More Sentences Alumni and staff include 52 past or present heads of state or government and 20 members of the current British House of Commons. Before the Reform Act 1832, Bath elected two members to the unreformed House of Commons, as an ancient parliamentary borough. Afriyie is notable for being the first black Conservative in the House of Commons. The Commons in parliament genuinely feared that Richard's uncle, John of Gaunt, would usurp the throne. For one, the absence of war was meant to reduce the burden of taxation, and so help Richard's popularity with the Commons in parliament. His son, Thomas Chaucer, had an illustrious career, as chief butler to four kings, envoy to France, and Speaker of the House of Commons. Despite Bacon's advice to him, James and the Commons found themselves at odds over royal prerogatives and the king's embarrassing extravagance. Throughout this period Bacon managed to stay in the favour of the king while retaining the confidence of the Commons. The king was important in protecting Hobbes when, in 1666, the House of Commons introduced a bill against atheism and profaneness. On 4 April 1786, Burke presented the Commons with the Article of Charge of High Crimes and Misdemeanors against Hastings. The House of Commons eventually impeached Hastings, but subsequently, the House of Lords acquitted him of all charges. At the beginning of each new parliamentary term, the House of Commons elects one of its members as a presiding officer, known as the Speaker. Harley supported a Bill to exclude from the Commons holders of government office and placemen in an effort to weaken court patronage. Throughout May, the House of Commons launched several bills attacking bishops and episcopalianism in general, each time defeated in the Lords. Formerly, the barons were the members of the House of Commons representing the Cinque Ports of Hastings, New Romney, Hythe, Dover and Sandwich. In early January 1642, accompanied by 400 soldiers, Charles attempted to arrest five members of the House of Commons on a charge of treason. Prior to the 1963 Act, it was chaired by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor and the Speaker of the House of Commons. On 1 July 1823 George Agar Ellis, a Whig politician, proposed to the House of Commons that it purchase the collection. A critical House of Commons Report in 1851 called for the appointment of a director, whose authority would surpass that of the trustees. The revised figures were announced to the House of Commons on 15 March 2007 by Tessa Jowell. Show More Sentences This must be someone who could command a majority in a confidence vote in the House of Commons. While Charles negotiated with Parliament, the House of Commons investigated his policies. In framing the Act of Indemnity and Oblivion, the House of Commons were unwilling to except Sir Henry Vane, Sir. For most senior ministers this is usually the elected House of Commons rather than the House of Lords. Under the British system the government is required by convention and for practical reasons to maintain the confidence of the House of Commons. By convention if a government loses the confidence of the House of Commons it must either resign or a General Election is held. Since the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, the powers of the House of Lords have been very much less than those of the House of Commons. The House of Commons of Southern Ireland met just once with only four members present. The Commons was outraged by the imprisonment of two of their members, and after about a week in custody, both were released. He relied primarily on the favour of the King rather than on the support of the House of Commons. After that time, the House of Commons can force the Bill through without the Lords' consent, under the Parliament Acts. In October 2010, the House of Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Select Committee reported on the bill. They replaced the Liberal Democrats as the third largest party in the House of Commons. Edinburgh is also represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by five Members of Parliament. Belfast is represented in both the British House of Commons and in the Northern Ireland Assembly. In the 2015 UK general election, Belfast elected one MP from each constituency to the House of Commons at Westminster, London. The Islanders have never had formal representation in the House of Commons of the British Parliament, nor in the European Parliament. Conservative MP Bob Neill then introduced an Alternative Referendum Bill to the Commons. Nevertheless, this alone was insufficient to produce consensus in the Commons. Although the bill was defeated, Gladstone remained undaunted and introduced a Second Irish Home Rule Bill in 1892 that passed the Commons. Show More Sentences The Labour Party had the largest number of seats in the House of Commons, but not an overall majority. It is the monarch's constitutional duty to appoint a Prime Minister who can command support of a majority in the House of Commons. When one party has an absolute majority in the House of Commons, the monarch appoints the leader of that party as prime minister. Of the 493 members of the Commons returned in November, over 350 were opposed to the king. The House of Commons also launched bills attacking bishops and episcopacy, but these failed in the Lords. Instead, the Commons passed the bill as an ordinance, which they claimed did not require royal assent. In January 1649, the Rump House of Commons indicted him on a charge of treason, which was rejected by the House of Lords. The House of Lords was abolished by the Rump Commons, and executive power was assumed by a Council of State. Walpole attempted to prevent war but was opposed by the King, the House of Commons, and by a faction in his own Cabinet. He advised Pelham to make use of his seat in the Commons to serve as a bridge between the King and Parliament, just as Walpole had done. Around this time the business affairs of the East India Company began to draw increased scrutiny in the House of Commons. On 22 February 1807, the House of Commons passed a motion 283 votes to 16 to abolish the Atlantic slave trade. The party remained the third largest in the House of Commons, but the Conservatives had lost their majority. Finally in late 1933 the Liberals crossed the floor of the House of Commons and went into complete opposition. After the execution of Charles I, the House of Commons abolished the monarchy and the House of Lords. In 1793, Grey presented to the House of Commons a petition from the Friends of the People, outlining abuses of the system and demanding change. On 1 March 1831, Lord John Russell brought forward the Reform Bill in the House of Commons on the government's behalf. All legislation must be passed by the House of Commons to become law and it controls taxation and the supply of money to the government. The Reform Bill was again brought before the House of Commons, which agreed to the second reading by a large majority in July. This forced members of the House of Commons and the Lords, such as Manchester, to choose between civil office and military command. Show More Sentences This clause, proposed by the Tory Marquess of Chandos, was adopted in the House of Commons despite opposition from the Government. They continued to dominate Commons, while losing a bit of their power to enact laws that focused on their more parochial interests. The Reform Act strengthened the House of Commons by reducing the number of nomination boroughs controlled by peers. In the Humble Petition it was called the Other House as the Commons could not agree on a suitable name. In the election in July 1837 Disraeli won a seat in the House of Commons as one of two members, both Tory, for the constituency of Maidstone. The new House of Commons had more Conservative than Whig members, but the depth of the Tory schism enabled Russell to continue to govern. The Conservatives were led by Bentinck in the Commons and Stanley in the Lords. The Speaker and the Deputy Speakers are always members of the House of Commons. Later in 1678, Danby was impeached by the House of Commons on the charge of high treason. In the interim, Disraeli, as Conservative leader in the Commons, opposed the government on all major measures. Many Conservative MPs refused to follow him and the bill passed the Commons easily. Disraeli was once more leader of the House of Commons and returned to the Exchequer. Disraeli had a bill passed through the Commons allowing each house of Parliament to determine what oaths its members should take. Derby dissolved Parliament, and the ensuing general election resulted in modest Tory gains, but not enough to control the Commons. Since then, no British monarch has entered the House of Commons when it is in session. Gladstone began using the Liberal majority in the House of Commons to push through resolutions and legislation. With Gladstone's Liberal majority dominant in the Commons, Disraeli could do little but protest as the government advanced legislation. She did so again in 1874, when he fell ill at Balmoral, but he was reluctant to leave the Commons for a house in which he had no experience. He is then admitted, and announces the command of the monarch for the attendance of the Commons. Disraeli took no public part in the electioneering, it being deemed improper for peers to make speeches to influence Commons elections. Find more words! 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