what are thr differences between housde of commons and house of lords?

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college!

Answer 1

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Parliament also includes the Sovereign and the upper house, the House of Lords; the House of Commons is the dominant branch. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 646 members, who are known as "Members of Parliament" or MPs. Members are elected by the first-past-the-post system of election, holding office until Parliament is dissolved (a maximum of five years). Each member is elected by, and represents, an electoral district known as a constituency. 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, has been drawn from it (Home did actually rule from the House of Commons, however, taking a seat in the House shortly after being chosen as Prime Minister).

The House of Commons evolved at some point during the 14th century and has been in continuous existence since. The House of Commons (the "lower house") was once far less powerful than the House of Lords (the "upper house"), but is now by far the dominant branch of Parliament. The House of Commons' legislative powers exceed those of the House of Lords; under the Parliament Act 1911, the Lords' power to reject most bills was reduced to a mere delaying power. Moreover, the Government of the United Kingdom is answerable to the House of Commons; the Prime Minister stays in office only as long as he or she retains the support of the lower house.

The full, formal style and title of the House of Commons is The Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled. The term "Commons" derives from the Norman French word communes, referring to the geographic and collective communities of their representatives. It is often misunderstood that "Commons" comes from the word "commoners", referring to those sitting in the House, similar to the way in which the name "House of Lords" indicates that those sitting in the "Other Place" are elevated to the Peerage. This explanation, however, is ahistorical. Both Houses, the Commons and Lords, meet in the Palace of Westminster. Both Houses have in the past met elsewhere, and retain the right to do so, provided the Mace is present.

Answer 2

Briefly the House of commons is the house where the elected MP's sit and debate and vote on legislation proposed by the Government (among other things). The House of Lords is where unelected Peers sit and debate and suggest ammendments to any legislation being passed by the Commons.
This of course is a massive over simplification and if you really want to get a more indepth insight as to how the British Parliamentry system functions I'd suggest reading Hilaire Barnett's book "Britain Unwrapped government and constitution explain" its very up to date including a lot of detail about the European system of government and courts and how they relate to and impact on the UK systems, also you might want to have a look here http://www.parliament.uk/

Answer 3

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Parliament also includes the Sovereign and the upper house, the House of Lords; the House of Commons is the dominant branch.

Answer 4

Members of the House of Commons or Lower Chamber are elected, while members of the the House of Lords are appointed or have hereditary seats and are therefore not accountable to the people of this country

Answer 5

The House of Commons is populated by elected MPs, voted in by the general voting public.

The House of Lords is populated by heredetary Lords, though now the system has changed a bit, and is still changing to allow in more elected Lords.

Answer 6

well the House of Commons have green seats and have a few M.P's who like to have forty winks, shout "here, here" a lot and have some quaint little traditions.and have a referee who shouts"ORDER" a lot and sits higher up in the middle.

The House of Lords have nice red seats, the guests are much older and they usually spend most of the day asleep so less shouting goes on as not to give some old codger a fright.

Answer 7

The house of commons is where elected members of parliament reside. The House of Lords is where peers - non elected lords reside. They can be appointed a Lord or gain their status through heritage.

Answer 8

The house of commons is composed of:
White-Middleclass-Usually Fat Men-Who Lie a Lot

The house of lords is composed of:
White-Middleclass-Usually Fat Men-Who Lie a Lot-And doze off at work

Answer 9

The size of the 'Bung'

Answer 10

one is populated by idiots, and the other one is populated by imbeciles