House of Commons (English: House of Commons), officially the Honorable House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland of the North assembled in Parliament ( The Honorable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled ), is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is based in the Palace of Westminster. Lower House of the British Parliament, whose members (650 MPs) are elected by direct universal suffrage for a maximum period of five years. Legislate and control the finances and action of the Government. The British Parliament has a second chamber: the upper chamber or House of Lords.
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History
Parliament is the legislative body of the United Kingdom since the Middle Ages, in support of the legislative decisions of kings. The influence of the Parliament increased from the reign of Eduardo I (1272) but they were only called regularly from the end of the 14th century. In 1341, the Upper House and the Lower House were differentiated. From 1485 the Tudor dynasty began to use the Parliament to endorse its financial policies. The English revolution gave parliamentarians great freedom. Cromwell suppressed the House of Lords between 1649 and 1660.
In 1707, the Union Act formed a single legislative body with the parliaments of England and Scotland . Since 1902 all Prime Ministers except Lord Alec Douglas-Home in 1963 and Gordon Brown in 2007 have at some point been representatives of the commons. Furthermore, all the ministers of the different governments have been elected from among members of the House of Commons.
The House of Commons was established in the 14th century and has been in continuous existence ever since. The House of Commons in its beginnings had less power than the House of Lords, but today it is the chamber with the most legislative powers in parliament. Since 1911 the legislative power of the House of Commons has exceeded the power of the House of Lords, since as of that date, the power to reject the laws was suppressed, retaining only the power to suggest modifications. Furthermore the Prime Minister remains in office only as long as he retains the support of the commons and the UK government must answer to the House of Commons when its members deem it appropriate.
The Upper House of the English Parliament is the House of Lords. The Lower House is that of the Commons. At first they had less power than the members of the Upper House, but the situation has been reversed since the beginning of the last century, when the privileges of their aristocratic members have been abolished.
It is called “of the Commons” because its members were originally representative of the cities, while the members of the House of Lords were noble or belonged to the ecclesiastical hierarchy.
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The seat of the House of Commons in the United Kingdom is the Palace of Westminster, and its members are elected by the people by direct vote, dividing the country for this purpose into electoral districts, where each suffragette chooses a candidate, since 1948 , that will represent him for five years, and may be removed for serious or criminal misconduct. The election with the highest number of votes wins, the total number of representatives being six hundred and forty-six ( England has 529, Scotland : 59, Wales : 40, and Northern Ireland : 18).
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Its formal name is The Honorable Chamber of the Honorable Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The term commons derives from the French Norman commons, referring to the geographic and collective communities of their representatives.
Since the beginning of the 20th century, almost all UK ministers emerged from the House of Commons. The Prime Minister, once Parliament is dissolved (within five years) and generally on a Thursday, calls for general elections.
Since 1911 only the House of Commons can reject legal norms, the Upper House can only modify them. Only the Lower House can request information from the government about its actions, and its support allows the Prime Minister to remain in office, generally elected by the king of his bosom, the leader of the majority party falling.
For the study of laws, the Chamber is divided into committees, and for matters of great gravity, the Great Committee can be assembled, which includes all its members. These extremely important laws are generally initiated in this chamber, as are those relating to financial and tax matters.
The Parliamentary Acts determine that some legislative projects do not need to have the approval of the High Bed, going directly to be approved by the king. The law that intends to extend the legislative period for more than five years, must have the approval of the House of Lords.
In Canada , the House of Commons has three hundred and eight members, each representing a constituency, elected for five years. The Upper House is called the Senate. For the study of laws, the Chamber is divided into committees, and for matters of great gravity, the Great Committee can be assembled, which includes all its members. These extremely important laws are generally initiated in this chamber, as are those relating to financial and tax matters.
The House of Commons is democratically elected. It is made up of 650 representatives elected by majority single-member scrutiny in the different electoral districts of the United Kingdom for a maximum period of five years until the Parliament is dissolved. These representatives are called members of parliament. The archive of the commons chamber is in his own library.
