House of Commons of the United Kingdom

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component of the Parliament of the United Kingdom legislative body lower house of parliament

The House of Commons of the United Kingdom is the lower house of the UK Parliament, composed of elected Members of Parliament who debate and pass legislation and scrutinize the government.

Aliases (8)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	component of the Parliament of the United Kingdom → legislative body → lower house of parliament →
broadcastBy	Parliamentary Broadcasting Unit (Parliamentlive.tv) →
buildingUsed	House of Commons Chamber →
coatOfArms	Portcullis with chains →
country	United Kingdom →
createdBy	Acts of Union 1800 →
dominatesOver	House of Lords in most legislative matters →
electoralSystemUsed	first-past-the-post voting →
elects	Speaker of the House of Commons →
establishedInPeriod	13th century →
governingDocument	Acts of Parliament → Constitutional conventions of the United Kingdom →
hasCommitteeSystem	public bill committees → select committees →
hasJurisdiction	United Kingdom →
hasNumberOfMembers	650 →
hasOfficer	Chief Whip → Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons → Leader of the House of Commons → Speaker of the House of Commons →
hasOfficialPublication	Hansard →
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.parliament.uk/business/commons/ →
hasPower	to approve the budget → to pass primary legislation → to withdraw confidence from the government →
hasPresidingOfficer	Speaker of the House of Commons →
hasSeatingArrangement	opposing benches →
hasUpperHouse	House of Lords →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
legislativeProcessRole	debates and passes legislation → scrutinizes the government →
locatedIn	London → Westminster →
meetsAt	Palace of Westminster →
memberTitle	Member of Parliament →
oversees	Government of the United Kingdom →
partOf	Parliament of the United Kingdom →
precededBy	House of Commons of Great Britain → House of Commons of Ireland (for representation after union) →
residesInBuilding	Palace of Westminster →
shortName	Commons → House of Commons →
termLength	up to five years →
typeOfLegislature	bicameral parliament lower chamber →
votingMethod	division lobbies → voice votes →

Referenced by (207)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Anthony Eden → Attorney General for England and Wales ("House of Commons of the United Kingdom (usually)") → David Lidington → David Ricardo → David Steel → Edward Bulwer-Lytton → Edward Codrington → George Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen → James Callaghan → Jeremy Thorpe → John Llewellin → John Russell, Viscount Amberley → Junior Lords of the Treasury → Kingsley Wood → Neil Kinnock → Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury → Robert Torrens → Robin Cook → Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne → Shirley Williams → Sir John Anderson → Solicitor General for England and Wales → Thomas Fowell Buxton → Valentine Fleming → Vice-Chamberlain of the Household → William Hague → William Maxwell Aitken → William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne → William Wellesley-Pole → Winston Churchill →	memberOf
2016 Witney by-election → Archibald Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope → David Steel → Edward FitzRoy → Greater London Authority Act 1999 → His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition → Kirkcaldy (UK Parliament constituency) ("House of Commons") → Leader of the Opposition (UK) → National Insurance Act 1913 → Norman Lamont → North West Norfolk ("House of Commons") → Official Opposition (United Kingdom) → Parliamentary Labour Party → Peter Grant → Prime Minister’s Questions → Robert Courts → Seizure of Arms Act 1819 → South Thanet ("House of Commons") → Statute of Westminster 1931 → Succession to the Crown Act 2013 → Tunbridge Wells (UK Parliament constituency) → Ulster Unionist Party → Westminster Hall debates ("House of Commons") →	legislativeBody
Central Fife (UK Parliament constituency) ("House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom") → Conservative Party (UK) ("House of Commons") → Democratic Unionist Party → Islington South and Finsbury ("House of Commons") → Kirkcaldy (UK Parliament constituency) → Leigh (UK Parliament constituency) → Montgomeryshire ("House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom") → North West Norfolk → Scottish National Party → Shrewsbury and Atcham → Social Democratic and Labour Party ("UK House of Commons") → Stroud (UK Parliament constituency) ("House of Commons") → The Wrekin (UK Parliament constituency) → Tunbridge Wells (UK Parliament constituency) ("House of Commons") → Witney ("House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom") →	representedIn
Ernest Bevin → Jeremy Corbyn → John Montagu, 5th Earl of Sandwich → Spencer Perceval → Stanley Baldwin → William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington →	parliamentaryBody
Father of the House of Commons → Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies → Leader of the House of Commons → Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury → Speaker of the House of Commons →	appliesToJurisdiction
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey → Parliamentary Private Secretaries → Saint Margaret's Church, Westminster → Thomas Curson Hansard → Westminster World Heritage Site ("House of Commons") →	associatedWith
British Parliament ("House of Commons") → Constitution of the United Kingdom ("House of Commons") → Kingdom of Great Britain ("House of Commons of Great Britain") → United Kingdom ("House of Commons") → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →	lowerHouse
Duff Cooper → Edwin Samuel Montagu → Randolph Churchill → Reginald McKenna → Robert Walpole ("House of Commons of Great Britain") →	parliamentaryGroup
36th United Kingdom Parliament ("House of Commons") → 38th Parliament of the United Kingdom ("House of Commons") → Parliament of Great Britain ("House of Commons") → Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ("House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland") →	hasPart
Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency) ("House of Commons") → Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath → October 1974 United Kingdom general election → Shrewsbury and Atcham ("House of Commons") →	legislature
Cardiff South East ("House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom") → Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons → House of Commons chamber → Westminster Hall debates →	partOf
British Cabinet ("House of Commons") → Prime Minister of the United Kingdom → UK government ("House of Commons") →	accountableTo
36th United Kingdom Parliament ("House of Commons") → Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons ("House of Commons") → Speaker of the House of Commons ("House of Commons") →	chamber
British Parliament ("House of Commons") → Crown-in-Parliament ("House of Commons") → United Kingdom Acts of Parliament ("House of Commons") →	hasComponent
Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne → William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne → William Wilberforce →	parliamentaryHouse
Home Secretary ("House of Commons") → Leader of the House of Commons ("House of Commons, Palace of Westminster") → Leader of the Opposition (UK) ("House of Commons") →	seat
Short Money ("House of Commons") → Standing Orders of the House of Commons →	appliesTo
Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ("House of Commons") → Government Whips Office ("House of Commons") →	appliesToChamber
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons → Speaker of the House of Commons ("House of Commons") →	appointedBy
Baron Callaghan of Cardiff ("House of Commons") → Leader of the Conservative Party (UK) →	associatedWithLegislativeBody
House of Lords Act 1999 ("House of Commons") → House of Lords Reform ("House of Commons") →	debatedIn
Palliser series → Phineas Finn ("House of Commons") →	depictsInstitution
Dwyfor Meirionnydd → Holborn and St Pancras ("House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom") →	electsTo
Acts of Parliament → His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 →	enactedBy
37th United Kingdom Parliament ("House of Commons") → Junior Lords of the Treasury →	house
House of Representatives of Australia → the House →	inspiredBy
2005 United Kingdom general election ("House of Commons") → February 1974 United Kingdom general election →	legislativeBodyElected
Government Whips Office ("House of Commons") → Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons →	locatedIn
Secretary of State for Education ("House of Commons") → Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs →	officeHoldersSitIn
Cardiff South East ("House of Commons") → Douglas Clifton Brown →	representedInParliament
Portcullis with chains → Royal Gallery ("House of Commons") →	usedBy
John Profumo ("House of Commons") →	admittedLyingTo
Commons →	alsoUsedAsNameFor
Autumn Statement ("House of Commons") →	announcedIn
Short Money ("House of Commons") →	appliesChamber
Deputy Leader of the Opposition (UK) →	associatedWithParliament
Standing Orders of the House of Commons →	canBeAmendedBy
Parliament of Great Britain ("House of Commons") →	composedOf
Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ("House of Commons") →	comprises
Crown-in-Parliament ("House of Commons") →	confersPowerOn
Central Lobby ("House of Commons") →	connects
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons →	electedBy
1945 United Kingdom general election →	electionFor
Peterborough (unitary authority) →	electsToBody
Phineas Redux ("House of Commons") →	exploresInstitution
Statue of Winston Churchill, Parliament Square ("House of Commons") →	facingDirection
House of Commons of Great Britain →	followedBy
Commons ("House of Commons") →	fullName
Dunfermline and West Fife ("UK House of Commons") →	governingBody
Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ("House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland") →	hasMemberChamber
State Opening of Parliament ("House of Commons") →	hasParticipant
Tewkesbury (UK Parliament constituency) ("House of Commons") →	hasRepresentationIn
Secretary of State for Education →	hasSeatIn
Scotland Act 2016 →	introducedAsBillTo
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017 ("House of Commons") →	introducedIn
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions →	isAccountableTo
Standing Orders of the House of Commons →	isAdoptedBy
Shadow Secretary of State for Health →	isPositionIn
Standing Orders of the House of Commons ("House of Commons") →	isPublishedBy
Stroud (UK Parliament constituency) ("House of Commons") →	legislativeAssembly
UK government ("House of Commons") →	legislativeChamber
38th Parliament of the United Kingdom →	legislativeTermOf
Fourth Party →	location
People's Budget of 1909 ("House of Commons") →	locationOfDebate
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom →	nominatedBy
Crown dependencies →	notRepresentedIn
Chief Whip →	operatesIn
Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency) →	parliament
Liberal Party (UK) →	parliamentaryChamber
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 →	parliamentaryChamberInvolved
National Labour Organisation →	parliamentaryRepresentation
Peelite Conservatives →	participatedIn
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017 ("House of Commons") →	passedBy
HMG ("House of Commons") →	politicallyAccountableTo
House of Commons of the United Kingdom ("House of Commons of Ireland (for representation after union)") →	precededBy
Chancellor of the Exchequer ("House of Commons") →	presentsTo
House of Lords Reform ("House of Commons") →	relatedTo
House of Commons of Great Britain →	replacedBy
Leader of the Opposition (UK) ("House of Commons") →	reportsTo
Parliamentary Private Secretaries ("House of Commons") →	requiresHouse
Hansard ("House of Commons") →	scope
Neville Chamberlain →	servedIn
House of Commons of the United Kingdom ("House of Commons") →	shortName
Command Papers ("House of Commons") →	submittedTo
Government Chief Whip →	typicalChamber
Archibald Sinclair →	workLocation
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household ("House of Commons") →	worksIn