The House of Commons is the part of parliament in Britain or Canada whose members are elected. The building where they meet is also called the House of Commons. The House of Commons has overwhelmingly rejected demands to bring back the death penalty for murder. The lower house of Parliament in the United Kingdom and Canada. the House of Commons the part of the British or Canadian parliament whose members are elected by the people. Popularly elected lower house of the bicameral British Parliament. Because it alone has the power to levy taxes and allocate expenditures, it is Britain's chief legislative authority. It originated in the late 13th century, when landholders and other property owners began sending representatives to Parliament to present grievances and petitions to the king and to accept commitments to the payment of taxes. It was the less powerful house until 1911, when the Reform Bill of that year gave it the power to override the House of Lords. The party with the greatest representation in the Commons forms the government, and the prime minister chooses the cabinet from the party's members. In the early 21st century there were 659 members, elected from single-member districts. See also Canadian Parliament; parliamentary democracy
-the major lawmaking place in the country, located in Ottawa In each of the Canada's 301 ridings, the candidate who gets the most of votes is elected to the House of Commons as an MP The MPs gather in the House of Commons to debate, discuss and vote on government questions and issues
This is where Members of Parliament work in order to make decisions about the running of the country They discuss different issues (Bills) and try to decide which ones to make law After they have discussed it the Bill is passed to the House of Lords
The place - known as the chamber - in London where elected Members of Parliament go to debate important matters, make decisions and check up on the government