WebThe speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the lower house and primary chamber of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The current speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, was elected Speaker on 4 November 2019, following the retirement of John Bercow.Hoyle began his first full parliamentary term in the role on 17 …

WebOld Parliament House, formerly known as the Provisional Parliament House, was the seat of the Parliament of Australia from 1927 to 1988. The building began operation on 9 May 1927 after Parliament's relocation from Melbourne to the new capital, Canberra.In 1988, the Commonwealth Parliament transferred to the new Parliament House on Capital Hill.It …

WebA Speakers' Corner is an area where open-air public speaking, debate, and discussion are allowed.The original and best known is in the northeast corner of Hyde Park in London, England.Historically there were a number of other areas designated as Speakers' Corners in other parks in London, such as Lincoln's Inn Fields, Finsbury Park, Clapham Common, …

WebThe first speaker of the House, Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania, was elected to office on April 1, 1789, the day the House organized itself at the start of the 1st Congress.He served two non-consecutive terms in the speaker's chair, 1789–1791 (1st Congress) and 1793–1795 (3rd Congress).As the Constitution does not state the duties of the speaker, …

WebThe Parliament of Singapore is the unicameral legislature of Singapore, which governs the country along with the President of Singapore.Largely based upon the Westminster system, the Parliament is made up of Members of Parliament (MPs) who are elected, as well as Non-constituency Members of Parliament (NCMPs) and Nominated Members of Parliament …

WebProcedure. For daily sessions of the House, the Sergeant at Arms carries the silver and ebony mace of the House in front of the Speaker, in procession to the rostrum.When the House is in session, the mace stands on a cylindrical pedestal of green marble to the Speaker's right. When the House is in committee, it is moved to a lowered position on a …

WebFrederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg (/ ˈ m juː l ɪ n b ɜːr ɡ /; January 1, 1750 – June 4, 1801) was an American minister and politician who was the first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and the first Dean of the United States House of Representatives.A member of the Federalist party, he was delegate to the Pennsylvania …

WebDie Chatham House Rule, deutsch ‚Chatham-Haus-Regel‘, regelt die Weitergabe von Inhalten vertraulicher Gespräche an Dritte; ... House Rule, participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed.” ...

WebThe Clerk of the House of Commons is the chief executive of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, ... (the left-hand chair, looking towards the Speaker’s chair) for part of every sitting. The historic role of the clerks at the table is to record the decisions of the house (not what is said, which is recorded by Hansard).

WebThe following article is a list of government defeats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom since 1945; that is, where the government whips have instructed their MPs to vote (or, in rare circumstances, abstain from voting) a certain way on a division of the House and have subsequently been defeated. Whilst most defeats have been on motions or bills …