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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)

	ipedia.com: House of Lords Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The House of Lords is located in the Palace of Westminster, and is used for the State Opening of Parliament, as by convention, the Sovereign may not enter the elected House of Commons.
		On 1st November 1999, the House of Lords was composed of 759 hereditary peers, 26 Archbishops and Bishops of the Church of England, and the 545 life peers created by either the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 or the Life Peerages Act 1958.
		A free vote was held in the House of Commons in February 2003, in which MPs could vote for a fully elected second chamber, an entirely nominated one, a chamber with a mixture of elected and nominated members, or for outright abolition.
	www.ipedia.com /house_of_lords.html (3001 words)

	Guide to the Canadian House of Commons - Who's Who in the House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In the British tradition, if the government loses a vote on a major measure, or on any motion of non-confidence, it is expected to resign or to ask the Governor General to call a general election.
		The Clerk is the senior official of the House of Commons Administration and keeps the official record of proceedings.
		House officers and Members are assisted by the parliamentary pages, who carry messages to the Members in the Chamber.
	www.parl.gc.ca /information/about/process/house/guide/who-e.asp (900 words)

	House of Lords
		On March 7, 2007, the House of Commons voted, in principle, in favour of replacing the Lords with an elected chamber (either 100% elected or 80% elected, 20% appointed) with the removal of the remaining hereditary peers.
		The electoral system of the House of Commons was not, at the time, democratic: property qualifications greatly restricted the size of the electorate, and the boundaries of many constituencies had not been changed for centuries.
		If the recently deceased hereditary peer was elected by the whole House, then so is his or her replacement; a hereditary peer elected by a specific party is replaced by a vote of elected hereditary peers belonging to that party (whether elected as part of that party group or by the whole house).
	www.artistopia.com /house-of-lords (4344 words)

	Declaration of Independence - MSN Encarta
		British officials claimed that Americans had 'virtual representation,' arguing that Parliament protected America’s best interests even though colonists did not vote for members of the House of Commons.
		To emphasize their point, the British immediately followed the repeal of the Stamp Act with the passage of a Declaratory Act in 1766.
		These measures curtailed the powers of the Massachusetts assembly and local town meetings, closed the port of Boston, required colonists to provide housing and supplies to British soldiers, and allowed the governor to move the trial of British officials from Massachusetts in capital cases for acts committed in the line of duty.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761559234 (1244 words)

	CRS Guide to the Legislative Process in the House -- Congress: The House
		As constituted in 1997--the 105th Congress--the House of Representatives is composed of 435 Members elected every two years from among the 50 States, apportioned to their total populations.
		Unlike some other parliamentary bodies, both the Senate and the House of Representatives have equal legislative functions and powers (except that only the House of Representatives may initiate revenue bills), and the designation of one as the "upper" House and the other as the "lower" House is not appropriate.
		In the matter of impeachments, the House of Representatives presents the charges--a function similar to that of a grand jury--and the Senate sits as a court to try the impeachment.
	www.rules.house.gov /Archives/lph-congress.htm (986 words)

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		To sum up, the House of Commons' Sessional Papers are composed of the house papers (various kinds of documents outlined in the first paragraph of this section), plus command papers, those that the House commands be sent to itself.
		The House of Lords does produce papers, but the most important ones are forwarded to the Commons anyway and are accessible in the House of Commons Sessional Papers and this is where we look for them.
		Historically, the House of Commons Sessional Papers have been the most sought after and the most well-represented in libraries; the M.S.U. user community and library collection are no exception.
	www.lib.msu.edu /widder/guides/subjects/history/british/guide6/iandii.htm (1077 words)

	The King's Library project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The room is named after King George III and was built shortly after his death in 1820 to house his library.
		The books were removed to the new British Library in 1999 and the room is now being restored as one of London's finest neo-Classical interiors.
		The exhibition will also provide an introduction to the Museum and its collections, and highlight the way that our understanding of much of human history has changed.
	www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk /kingslibrary (173 words)

	British House of Commons Holds Hearing on Assyrian Genocide
		The evening began with an introduction by MP Mr Stephen Pound about an Early Day Motion (EDM) he has brought forward to the House of Commons about the recognition of the genocide by the Turkish government.
		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 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)

	Things to Know about Parliament - An Introduction
		The House of Representatives adjourned to a date to be fixed.
		1879: British House of Commons considered the question of the future of Trinidad and Tobago and decided to reject a request by the resident planters for a bicameral legislature and internal self-government.
		The Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago is bicameral, consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives.
	www.ttparliament.org /html/thingstoknow.htm (507 words)

	COURT - Online Information article about COURT
		HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf.
		BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")
		commons, though in view of the numbers of the higher classes it would probably be more correct to speak of gentry and peasants.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /COR_CRE/COURT.html (4129 words)

	Solemn League and Covenant
		The alliance between the English Parliament and the Scottish Covenanters was sealed with the signing of the Solemn League and Covenant by both Houses of Parliament and the Scottish commissioners on 25 September 1643.
		In August 1643, the four commissioners appointed by the House of Commons arrived in Edinburgh.
		Although the House of Lords had voted in favour of the alliance, no peers were prepared to go Scotland to take part in the negotiations.
	www.british-civil-wars.co.uk /glossary/solemn-league-covenant.htm (576 words)

	The American Revolution (John Bull and Uncle Sam)
		By 1776, the British were committed to the view that Parliament must exercise unchallenged authority in all parts of the empire, including the power to tax Americans without their consent.
		The Tea Act, passed by the House of Commons on April 27, 1773, was regarded in America as a strategy to induce the colonists, by lowering the price of tea, to consume more of it and therefore acknowledge the principle of British taxation.
		British troops, sent to confiscate American arms and supplies, were resisted by Massachusetts militiamen at Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775.
	www.loc.gov /exhibits/british/brit-2.html (1994 words)

	British Parliamentary Papers
		A Compleat Journal of the Votes, Speeches and Debates, Both of the House of Lords and House of Commons, throughout the Whole Reign of Queen Elizabeth [I] London: Printed by J.S. and sold by Jonathan Robinson..., 1708.
		The House of Lords 5th series is still ongoing; the House of Commons 5th series ended in 1981.
		An index to the Debates of the House of Commons and to the Debates of the House of Lords for the years 1803-1830 is available in the “Government Documents Indices” series of the Nineteenth Century Masterfile database.
	www2.lib.udel.edu /subj/hist/resguide/parl.htm (1412 words)

	Sample Chapter for Clark, A.: Scandal: The Sexual Politics of the British Constitution.
		Radicals used sexual scandals to allege that British monarchs, such as George IV, were becoming oriental despots, for instance, when he tried to use Parliament to divorce his wife and when he wielded his power without regard to law.
		The peerage (the nobility) controlled the House of Lords, but the House of Commons was supposed to represent the people who elected it.
		The 1760s therefore represented a significant transition in British politics, raising new constitutional issues concerning the monarchy, political parties, parliamentary reform, the press, empire, and the role of women in politics.
	press.princeton.edu /chapters/s7643.html (7415 words)

	Middle-of-the-Road Policy Leads to Socialism - Mises Institute
		Its most successful propagators were not the Marxian authors, but such men as Carlyle and Ruskin, the British Fabians, the German professors and the American Institutionalists.
		And it is a very significant fact that the correctness of this dogma was contested only by a few economists who were very soon silenced and barred from access to the universities, the press, the leadership of political parties and, first of all, public office.
		It is noteworthy to remember that British socialism was not an achievement of Mr.
	www.mises.org /story/2370 (4583 words)

	introduction - OneLook Dictionary Search
		introduction : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
		Introduction : English-Chinese Dictionary of Graphic Communications (Big 5) [home, info]
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	www.onelook.com /?w=introduction&loc=wotd (327 words)

	Introduction to Conducting Research with the British Parliamentary Papers
		Introduction to Conducting Research with the British Parliamentary Papers
		If you are researching the history of Britain or any countries with which it had a relationship (including Egypt, which is featured prominently in the Travelers in the Middle East Archive), the British Parliamentary Papers can be a crucial source.
		This work is licensed by David Getman and Paula Sanders under a Creative Commons License.
	cnx.org /content/m12842/latest (300 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.
		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.
		Comments can be emailed to the House of Commons Library.
	www.parliament.uk /parliamentary_publications_and_archives/research_papers.cfm (196 words)

	Bagehot: The English Constitution - Cambridge University Press
		Paul Smith’s introduction places Bagehot’s views in the context of contemporary events and prevalent views of the working of the constitution, indicating their relation to his developing ideas on the anthropological and sociological springs of authority.
		He assesses the accuracy of Bagehot’s account of parliamentary government in operation, and the strength of Bagehot’s analysis of the difficulties faced by British liberalism in coming to terms with the approach of democracy.
		Editor’s introduction; Principal events in Bagehot’s life; Note on the text and annotation; The English Constitution: Advertisement; 1.
	www.cambridge.org /0521469422 (297 words)

	House of Commons Papers - University of Wisconsin-Madison - Memorial Library
		House of Commons Papers: Produced by House of Commons as reports of its own select committees, reports specifically requested, or reports required by statutes.
		Those that were printed were included in the House of Commons Journals, either in the body of the journal or in an appendix.
		House of Commons Sessional Papers of the Eighteenth Century.
	www.library.wisc.edu /guides/govdocs/british/compap.htm (2077 words)

	Role as Speaker of the House--Rep. J. Dennis Hastert, 14th District of Illinois
		The position of the Speaker combines several roles: the institutional role of presiding officer and administrative head of the House, the partisan role of leader of the majority party in the House, and the representative role of an elected Member of the House.
		The Constitution does not describe the office of the Speaker or his duties, nor was there any significant discussion of the office during the Constitutional Convention.
		The use of the title “Speaker”; probably has its origins in the British House of Commons, where the presiding officer acted as the chamber’s spokesman to the Crown, but any assumptions the authors of the Constitution had for the office undoubtedly also drew upon their own experiences in colonial legislatures and the Continental Congress.
	www.house.gov /hastert/speaker/intro.shtml (215 words)

	UK Parliament - index
		Parliament and its History: the role and origins of Parliament, the emergence of the two Houses, the Parliament Acts.....
		House of Commons: party composition of the House, sitting hours and calendar, the Speaker of the House of Commons, debates & divisions, MPs' pay & allowances...
		House of Lords: role of the 'second chamber', Lords spiritual and temporal, sitting hours & attendance, Peers' allowances, the Woolsack....
	www.parliament.uk /works/index.cfm (265 words)

	South Asian History - Colonial India
		India under the British - links to primary sources.
		Statistical Information on British India - maintained by the Digital South Asia Library of the University of Chicago.
		The British Empire - a timeline of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.
	www.lib.berkeley.edu /SSEAL/SouthAsia/india_colonial.html (736 words)

	The need for a British state after Scottish independence
		Policy ideas are to have Scotland as a member of NATO and for keeping the nuclear weapons submarine on the Clyde - but removing the “Her Majesty’s” label from bases such as HM Naval Base Clyde.
		The name of the inheritor British state is somewhat academic, but “Britain” seems to be a good starting point for discussion.
		The British nation is well known in the international scene, as are the Scots - both nations need no introduction or justification.
	snsb.byethost31.com /theneedforbritain.htm (673 words)

	British House of Commons Holds Hearing on Assyrian Genocide
		After much destruction in the Assyrian homeland, immense pain in the hearts of our brothers and sisters and continuous fear in the eyes of our children we have begun, 90 years later, to rise against the treacherous genocide and massacres that slaughtered two thirds of our nation in one region.
		The evening began with an introduction by MP Mr Stephen Pound about an Early Day Motion (EDM) he has brought forward to the House of Commons about the recognition of the dual genocide by the British and Turkish governments.
		Ara Sarafian holding Toynbee's blue book an active role in the recognition of the genocide?" and his answer to that was "Yes", as it was the British who gave the first systematic thesis on Seyfo and the Assyrian and Armenian genocide.
	www.christiansofiraq.com /genocidejan316.html (2013 words)

	Parliament — Infoplease.com
		Parliament consists, technically, of the monarch, the House of Commons, and the House of Lords, but the word in common usage refers to the members of the two houses or, more specifically to Commons alone.
		The great power of the House of Commons lies, historically, in its control of government finances.
		The powers of the House of Lords have been negligible since 1911.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0837681.html (215 words)

	ISN Publishing House: UK House of Commons Library Research Papers 2006
		ISN Publishing House: UK House of Commons Library Research Papers 2006
		UK House of Commons Library Research Papers 2006
		Description: The 2006 UK House of Commons Research Papers cover a number of issues including the difficult peace process in Sudan, and the political rise of Hamas in the Palestinian territories.
	www.isn.ethz.ch /publihouse/details.cfm?v21=72667&v33=60194&id=15449 (145 words)

	dfes: youth matters - the green paper for youth. issues for youth work, youth services and connexions
		The main area of attack upon young people's civil rights in Youth Matters is linked to the proposed introduction of widespread recording of their participation in different activities via the proposed youth card and the development of existing monitoring arrangements.
		As a result there is a constant danger of formalizing activity, failing to cultivate associational life, and of not providing a sufficiently informed and independent guidance and advice.
		House of Commons (2005) Select Committee on Education and Skills Sixth Report, London: House of Commons.
	www.infed.org /youthwork/green_paper_2005.htm (9031 words)

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