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Dodgy Dave, [106] [107] a nickname trending on social media with the #DodgyDave hashtag after Labour MP Dennis Skinner was sent out of the House of Commons in April 2016 for referring to Cameron as "Dodgy Dave" and repeating it after being instructed to withdraw it by Speaker John Bercow. This came about during the Panama Papers scandal. [107]
Sir John Say trained as a lawyer and became a King's Serjeant, Coroner of the Marshalsea, Yeoman of the Chamber and Crown, Keeper of Westminster Palace, Squire of the Body and Privy Councillor. In 1447 he entered Parliament as MP for Cambridge and was then in 1449 elected Knight of the Shire for Cambridgeshire , when he was also elected Speaker ...
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]
Sir John Tyrrell: Essex: Second term. 7th of Henry VI. 14 May 1432: 17 July 1432: Sir John Russell: Herefordshire: Second term. 8th of Henry VI. 10 July 1433: 21 December 1433: Roger Hunt: Huntingdonshire: Second term. 9th of Henry VI. 12 October 1435: 23 December 1435: John Bowes: Nottinghamshire: 10th of Henry VI 23 January 1437: March 1437 ...
Top left: John Smith was the first speaker of the modern House of Commons. Top right: Arthur Onslow is the longest-serving speaker so far. Bottom left: Betty Boothroyd was the first female speaker. Bottom right: Lindsay Hoyle is the incumbent speaker.
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 ...
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.
The Irish House of Commons, the first purpose-built House of Commons chamber in the world. Painted c. 1780. The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of