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  2. Unparliamentary language - Wikipedia

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    The word "handbagging" is unparliamentary "particularly with reference to a lady member of the House". [43] Allegations of criminal or dishonourable conduct against a member can only be made by a formal motion. [44] Conduct specifically ruled on includes selling one's vote, violation of cabinet confidentiality, [45] and doctoring the Official ...

  3. Black Rod - Wikipedia

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    Black Rod also arrests any Lord guilty of breach of privilege or other Parliamentary offence, such as contempt or disorder, or the disturbance of the House's proceedings. Their equivalent in the House of Commons is the Serjeant at Arms. Former Black Rod David Leakey said that 30% of his work as Black Rod was within or for the House of Commons. [6]

  4. English honorifics - Wikipedia

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    In the English language, an honorific is a form of address conveying esteem, courtesy or respect. These can be titles prefixing a person's name, e.g.: Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms, Mx, Sir, Dame, Dr, Cllr, Lady, or Lord, or other titles or positions that can appear as a form of address without the person's name, as in Mr President, General, Captain, Father, Doctor, or Earl.

  5. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    (informal) old man; (informal) boss; football manager (US: soccer coach); Also in US: (professional) chief electrician on a theatrical or film set. gangway * a path between the rows of seats in a theatre or elsewhere (US aisle ; gangway is a naval command to make a path for an officer)

  6. Statue of Margaret Thatcher (Palace of Westminster) - Wikipedia

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    The statue was unveiled in the Members' Lobby on 21 February 2007 by the Speaker of the House of Commons, Rt Hon. Michael Martin MP. [2] During a speech at the unveiling, Baroness Thatcher, nicknamed "The Iron Lady" during her tenure as prime minister, said, "I might have preferred iron, but bronze will do. It won't rust.

  7. House of Commons of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The word has survived to this day in the original Anglo-Norman phrase soit baillé aux communes, with which a bill is transmitted from the House of Lords to the House of Commons. [ 7 ] The historian Albert Pollard held a somewhat different view on the word's origins in 1920.

  8. List of female members of the House of Commons of the United ...

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    Party Portrait Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason Sinn Féin: Constance Markievicz: Dublin St Patrick's: 1918 (did not take seat) : 1922: Constituency abolished due to establishment of Irish Free State

  9. List of female members of the House of Lords - Wikipedia

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    Mary Freeman-Grenville, 12th Lady Kinloss: 31 July 1963 11 November 1999 (Removed) Hereditary peeress Conservative: Bridget Monckton, 11th Lady Ruthven of Freeland [h] 31 July 1963 17 April 1982 Hereditary peeress Conservative: Elizabeth Philipps, 14th Baroness Strange [i] 19 November 1963 12 December 1974 Hereditary peeress Conservative