House Of Commons stories:
PCC's Peta Buscombe should resign, says lawyer
Nov 16th, 2009 - guardian.co.uk
A lawyer who gave evidence to the parliamentary committee investigating press behaviour, today called on Baroness Buscombe, the chair of the Press Complaints Commission, to resign...
Buscombe hints at need for publishers to improve PCC funding
Nov 16th, 2009 - guardian.co.uk
So what should we make of the first major speech, delivered last night to the Society of Editors' conference, by Lady (Peta) Buscombe? It ranged over many topics - reform of the House of Lords...
MPs' expenses investigation 'filled democratic deficit'
Nov 16th, 2009 - Telegraph
Baroness Buscombe, chairman of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC), said the fact that the Daily Telegraph had been able to make the revelations would prove to the public that politicians are held to account for their actions.
Why a free Press is more important than ever, by Baroness - Daily Mail
Nov 15th, 2009 - Mail Online
Newspaper coverage of MPs' expenses and the Iraq War has helped fill the ' democratic deficit in Britain', the chairman of the independent Press Complaints Commission declared last night. In a forthright defence of the media...
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says Obama will announce Afghan troop decision within days
Nov 11th, 2009 - baltimoresun
LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says President Barack Obama will announce his decision on sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan within days. Brown...
House Of Commons videos from YouTube:
4:48Cameron shred Brown into Pieces
In one of the spectacular moments of the questioning in the house of commons on issues of election and inheritance tax ... david cameron gordon brown parliament house commons election inheritance taxes question
1:59John McDonnell suspended from house of commons 15th January 2009
John McDonnell suspended from house of commons
9:58Margaret Thatcher in the House of Commons No No No!
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8:55Speaker of Britain's House of Commons Apologizes
www.c-spanarchives.org British House of Commons Speaker Michael Martin apologized for his role in the lawmaker expense scandal. Several members of Parliament called on Mr. Martin to resign and sought to debate a motion of no confidence.
House Of Commons from WikiPedia:
The House of Commons is the name of the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada and historically was the name of the lower houses of Ireland and North Carolina.
In the UK and Canada, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the upper house of parliament (the House of Lords and the Senate, respectively). The leader of the majority party in the House of Commons usually becomes the prime minister. Since 2005, the House of Commons of the United Kingdom has had 646 elected members; this will increase to 650 at the next General Election. The Canadian House of Commons has 308 members. The Commons' functions are to consider through debate new laws and changes to existing ones, authorise taxes, and provide scrutiny of the policy and expenditure of the Government. It has the power to give a Government a vote of no confidence.
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