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	UK Parliament - Parliament Home Page
		Commons approves appointment of John Lyon as new Parliamentary Commissioner for standards
		Live feeds for debates in both houses and committee proceedings
		Current appeals and recent judgments from the Law Lords within the House of Lords
	www.parliament.uk (361 words)

	NDP \| Our History
		Winning a British Columbia seat in a by-election, Douglas went on to serve as leader of the New Democratic Party until 1971 during which time he helped ensure the introduction of medicare, pensions and the expansion of Canada’s social safety net in successive minority Parliaments.
		She was first elected to the House of Commons for the Yukon in a by-election in 1987 and re-elected in the general elections of 1988 and 1993.
		The NDP caucus in the House of Commons pursued a determined course, demanding the Liberal government set targets to reduce unemployment in the same way governments set targets for reducing deficits.
	www.ndp.ca /ourhistory (2052 words)

	UK Parliament - House of Commons Library Research Papers
		This site gives access to the text of Research Papers which are compiled for the benefit of British Members of Parliament by the staff of the House of Commons Library.
		They are an occasional series of papers, numbered by year and sequence of publication, and usually deal with topics of current parliamentary interest.
		Some of the documents referred to in the papers can be found elsewhere on the House of Commons web-site or on other public sites such as those maintained by government departments, EU institutions, international organisations, pressure groups etc.
	www.parliament.uk /parliamentary_publications_and_archives/research_papers.cfm (196 words)

	British Society of Clinical Hypnosis - Professional Hypnotherapy
		British Society of Clinical Hypnosis - Professional Hypnotherapy
		The British Society of Clinical Hypnosis (BSCH) is a national professional body whose aim is to promote and assure high standards in the practice of hypnotherapy.
		Any queries about the BSCH may be addressed directly to the secretary at sec@bsch.org.uk
	www.bsch.org.uk (370 words)

	Uni.ca -- White paper 2002 -- Monarchy
		However, the current exaltation of the monarchy to the role of head of state is perceived by many Canadians, particularly many francophones, as one of the holdovers of British domination.
		In Canada, we have both the British Monarch as head of state (represented in Canada by the Governor General) and the Prime Minister as head of government.
		It would be beneficial to have a relatively long term of office, in the range of eight years or so, renewable once for a period of up to another eight years.
	www.uni.ca /whitepaper001.html (714 words)

	Big B stuns House of Commons, promises KBC2
		Superstar Amitabh Bachchan took the British House of Commons by storm as he took centrestage with the announcement of IIFA Awards 2007.
		NRI MP and former British minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Office Keith Vaz said he was proud that Leicester University honoured him even before Delhi University, and he was happy France decided to confer the Legion of Honour on him.
		British Prime Minister Tony Blair, in a message read out by Minister in charge of Culture Tessa Jowell, said he was happy the next IIFA Awards would be held in Yorkshire, and that the two countries were jointly working together to promote Indian films.
	www.rediff.com /movies/2006/nov/09amitabh.htm (891 words)

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		The House of Lords consists of the lords spiritual, comprising the archbishops and senior bishops of the Church of England, and the lords temporal.
		The clerk of the House is appointed by the crown, and, along with the clerk assistant, sits at the table of the House during Commons debate.
		The Commons' control of the unit's coverage practices, which are spelled out in the report of the Select Committee on Televising of Proceedings of the House, is maintained through its power to appoint six of the unit's 12 directors and to nominate the chairman.
	www.empowermentzone.com /commons.txt (12298 words)

	Canadian House of Commons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The House of Commons (French: Chambre des communes) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate.
		The House of Commons came into existence in 1867, when the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed the British North America Act, uniting the Province of Canada (which was separated into Quebec and Ontario), Nova Scotia and New Brunswick into a single federation called the Dominion of Canada.
		A new House of Commons was elected on January 23, 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canadian_House_of_Commons (4258 words)

	British House of Commons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
		The House of Commons is the source of the vast majority of government ministers and every Prime Minister since 1902, with the very brief exception of Sir Alec Douglas-Home in 1963.
		The Clerk of the House is both the House's chief adviser on matters of procedure and Chief Executive of the House of Commons.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_House_of_Commons (7342 words)

	British House of Commons: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The house of lords is a component of the parliament of the united kingdom, which also includes the sovereign and the british house of commonshouse of commons....
		In the united kingdom, the speaker of the house of commons is the presiding officer of the lower house of parliament, the british house of commonshouse of commons...
		The house of commons disqualification act 1975 is an act of the british parliament which prohibits certain groups of people from becoming members of the house...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/br/british_house_of_commons.htm (10617 words)

	British House of Commons Roll Call Data, 1841-1847
		This study investigated the socioeconomic composition of the 1841-1847 British House of Commons and the political behavior of the men who sat in it.
		Members of the British House of Commons in the period 1841-1847.
		Although only 658 members of parliament could sit in the House of Commons at one time (656 after the disenfranchisement of Sudbury in 1844), due to turnover the total number of men who sat between 1841-1847 was 815.
	webapp.icpsr.umich.edu /cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/07384.xml (360 words)

	British House of Commons: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 646 members, who are known as "Members of Parliament (Members of Parliament: a member of parliament, or mp, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral...
		Moreover, the Government of the United Kingdom is answerable to the House of Commons; the Prime Minister (Prime Minister: The person who holds the position of head of state in England) stays in office only as long as he or she retains the support of the Lower House.
		Another officer of the body is the Leader of the House of Commons (Leader of the House of Commons: the leader of the house of commons is a member of the cabinet of the united kingdom who...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/british_house_of_commons (7667 words)

	British House of Commons - JnanaBase
		The British House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
		The House of Commons is the source of the vast majority of government ministers and every Prime Minister since 1902, with the very brief exception of Sir Alec Douglas-Home in 1963.
		Moreover, the Government of the United Kingdom is answerable to the House of Commons.
	jnanabase.org /index.php/British_House_of_Commons (295 words)

	House of Commons
		In the 15th century the House of Lords was the Upper House and the House of Commons the Lower House.
		After the Act of Union in 1800 the number of members in the House of Commons increased from 558 to 658.
		The House of Commons is plainly and neatly fitted up, and accommodated with galleries, supported by slender iron pillars, adorned with Corinthian capitals and scones.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /Pcommons.htm (1794 words)

	British House of Commons Holds Hearing on Assyrian Genocide
		He stated that the one common feature of genocide is that it is always denied by the perpetrators, for example Hitler and Nazi Germany in the killing of 6 million Jews, and now with Turkey and the Assyrian and Armenian people.
		The Assyrian community of today request acknowledgement and apologies for the victims of the genocide and ask the British government that this should be a pre condition for Turkey to accede to the EU.
		The EDM in the House of Commons is for justice and respect, for admiration for the Assyrians who have flourished to every corner of the world.
	www.aina.org /news/20060131141429.htm (1599 words)

	C-SPAN: PRIME MINISTER'S QUESTIONS (Site not responding. Last check: )
		P.M. Tony Blair will be in the British House of Commons for his last Prime Minister's Questions.
		Following PMQs he is expected to travel to Buckingham Palace to tender his resignation to the Queen and surrender his seals of office.
		British P.M. Tony Blair answers his weekly set of questions from the members of the House of Commons.
	www.c-span.org /homepage.asp?Cat=Series&Code=PMQ&ShowVidNum=6&Rot_Cat_CD=PMQ&Rot_HT=206&Rot_WD=&ShowVidDays=30&ShowVidDesc=&ArchiveDays=30 (274 words)

	British Parliamentary Papers Research Guide (Site not responding. Last check: )
		At the first reading the bill is ordered by the House to be printed: at the second reading it is discussed and passed to a Standing Committee; at the report stage the House considers any amendments that have been made, and after the third reading the bill passes to the Lords.
		House of Commons Papers are the papers which arise out of the deliberations of the House or are needed for its work.
		Votes and proceedings of the Commons and the Minutes of the proceedings of the Lords are a provisional record of the Houses' proceedings, of which the Journals provide a more formal and permanent record.
	www.library.yale.edu /~bturner/brithist/commons.html (9481 words)

	NG BBS - British House of Commons
		No, you missed the whole point, do you even know what the house of commons is? It's obvious that you don't because your whole post had nothing about it.
		House of commons is like the US congress except British.
		The House of Commons is like a debate floor, Tony Blair is challenged to anwser a questions given to him by members of the political parties of England.
	www.newgrounds.com /bbs/topic.php?id=76851 (1354 words)

	Raising the profile — historic urbanisation debate in British House of Commons (Site not responding. Last check: )
		John Barrett, the Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West, told the House “Our aid efforts often seem to focus on farmers and rural challenges when the biggest challenges are perhaps in the urban cities and townships.
		He also said he was equally concerned about the fact that since the 1970s there had been greater investment in rural poverty than urban poverty, and that it was important to tackle the problem in a much more well rounded way.
		He said the government had already given 11 million US dollars for slum upgrading work the agency was undertaking in Ghana, Tanzania and Sri Lanka, and that additional funding would depend on the outcome of the pilot projects.
	www.unhabitat.org /british_house_of_commons.asp (1032 words)

	Member of Parliament - Wikinfo
		The British Parliament is divided into the House of Commons and the House of Lords and it is often assumed that an MP is a member of Commons, but they can be a member of either house.
		MPs in the House of Commons are elected for a period of five years or until Parliament is dissolved.
		The members of the House of Lords are appointed by the Queen or King, but the selection is done by the British Prime Minister.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Member_of_Parliament (1057 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Politics \| Pro-hunt protesters storm Commons
		Commons Speaker Michael Martin told MPs: "Eight protesters were let into the House of Commons using a forged letter inviting them to a meeting in the Committee corridor.
		It has also emerged that one of those who burst into the Commons had contacted a BBC reporter before the protest to say they had staged a "dry run" on Tuesday.
		Derek Conway, Tory chairman of the Commons Administration and Works Committee, said the intruders would have needed a clear idea of the layout of the Commons to reach the Chamber.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/politics/3656524.stm (1180 words)

	British Parliamentary Papers Research Guide (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The first attempt by the House of Commons to compile a file of reports printed separately was in 1803; called "First series, 1715-1801," the reports were reprinted in 15 volumes with a general index.
		General index to the reports from Committees of the House of Commons 1715-1801 printed but not inserted in the Journal of the House 1803; with a new introduction by John Brooke.
		House of Commons Sessional Papers of the eighteenth Century PL 328.4241 G786BZ (1715/29-1799/1800) 147 volumes.
	www.library.yale.edu /~bturner/brithist/glossary.html (4527 words)

	Libraries & Culture, Bookplate Archive
		The Library of the British House of Commons was established in 1818 with the appointment of its first librarian, the conversion of a small committee room at the Palace of Westminster into library quarters, and the transfer of parliamentary papers, printed journals and tracts, and a small collection of books from several scattered locations.
		The collections in the Commons’ Library, which predate somewhat the establishment of the Library itself, were in the first instance the official printed records of the House and volumes of parliamentary papers.
		Today the Commons’ Library (use of which is limited for the most part to Members of Parliament) provides the services of a modern legislative library for its users: a reference and research library for the House, its committees, and individual Members.
	www.gslis.utexas.edu /~landc/bookplates/23_1_HouseofCommons.htm (729 words)

	St. George Tucker: Note D, Comparison to British Constitution; House of Commons
		The passage of the India bill, which was introduced in the house of commons during the administration of Charles Fox and Lord North, was prevented by a similar expedient, and those obnoxious ministers were dismissed from the service of the crown after midnight: of the same evening when the determination was obtained....
		Bills are introduced by motion for leave, or by order of the house on the report of a committee, and in either case a committee is appointed to prepare the bill.
		If an amendment be agreed to, in one house, and dissented to in the other, if either house request a conference, a committee is appointed in each house to meet in the conference chamber, to state to each other, verbally, or in writing the reasons of their respective houses, for and against the amendment.
	www.lonang.com /exlibris/tucker/tuck-1d3.htm (1032 words)

	SingaporeMoms - Parenting Encyclopedia - Member of Parliament
		The speaker of the house is Margaret Wilson.
		The British Parliament is divided into the House of Commons and the House of Lords; though it is often assumed that an MP is a member of Commons, they can be a member of either house.
		The members of the House of Lords are officially appointed by the Monarch, but the selection is done by the British Prime Minister.
	singaporemoms.com /parenting/MP (568 words)

	When Amitabh Bachchan took the British House of Commons by storm : Bollywood News : ApunKaChoice.Com
		Mega superstar Amitabh Bachchan took the British House of Commons by storm as he took centrestage at the announcement of the hosting of the IIFA Awards 2007.
		NRI MP and former British minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Office Keith Vaz said he was proud that Leicester University honoured him even before the Delhi University and now he was happy that the France has decided to confer the title Legion of Honour on him.
		British Prime Minister Tony Blair, in a message read out by the Minister in charge of Culture, Tessa Jowell said he was happy that the next IIFA Awards would be held in Yorkshire and that the two countries were jointly working together to promote Indian films.
	www.apunkachoice.com /scoop/bollywood/20061109-1.html (780 words)

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