House of Keys

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chamber of Tynwald legislative body lower house of parliament

The House of Keys is the directly elected lower chamber of Tynwald, the parliament of the Isle of Man, responsible for initiating legislation and representing the island’s constituencies.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
House of Keys in its relations with the Crown and other authorities	1

Statements (32)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chamber of Tynwald ⓘ legislative body ⓘ lower house of parliament ⓘ
abbreviation	MHK ⓘ
composition	24 members ⓘ
country	Isle of Man (crown dependency) ⓘ surface form: Isle of Man
electionMethod	directly elected ⓘ
electoralUnit	single-seat constituencies ⓘ
governingDocument	Isle of Man Constitution and Tynwald Standing Orders ⓘ
historicalStatus	one of the oldest continuous parliaments in the world ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ Manx ⓘ
legislativeProcess	bills must be approved by House of Keys and Legislative Council ⓘ
legislativeRole	initiates legislation ⓘ passes bills ⓘ
location	Douglas, Isle of Man ⓘ
meetingPlace	Legislative Buildings, Douglas ⓘ
memberTitle	Member of the House of Keys ⓘ
parentLegislature	Tynwald ⓘ surface form: Tynwald Court
partOf	Tynwald ⓘ
power	can approve taxation measures ⓘ can introduce most types of primary legislation ⓘ can question ministers ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle	Speaker of the House of Keys ⓘ
relatedInstitution	Council of Ministers (Isle of Man) ⓘ surface form: Council of Ministers of the Isle of Man
represents	constituencies of the Isle of Man ⓘ
responsibility	passing the annual budget ⓘ representing the people of the Isle of Man ⓘ scrutinising government policy ⓘ
termLength	5 years ⓘ
votingSystem	plurality voting ⓘ
worksWith	Legislative Council of the Isle of Man ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Legislative Council → electedBy → House of Keys ⓘ

subject surface form: Legislative Council of the Isle of Man

Legislative Council of the Isle of Man → electingBodyForMostMembers → House of Keys ⓘ

Tynwald → hasChamber → House of Keys ⓘ

Tynwald Day → includesBody → House of Keys ⓘ

Isle of Man (crown dependency) → lowerHouse → House of Keys ⓘ

subject surface form: Isle of Man

Tynwald → lowerHouseName → House of Keys ⓘ

Alfred Cannan → memberOf → House of Keys ⓘ

Speaker of the House of Keys → partOf → House of Keys ⓘ

Speaker of the House of Keys → presidesOver → House of Keys ⓘ

Speaker of the House of Keys → represents → House of Keys ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Keys in its relations with the Crown and other authorities

Tynwald Chambers, Douglas → usedBy → House of Keys ⓘ

Legislative Council → worksJointlyWith → House of Keys ⓘ

subject surface form: Legislative Council of the Isle of Man

Legislative Council of the Isle of Man → worksWith → House of Keys ⓘ