(politics) Collectively, all the chambers of parliament in the political system of a particular jurisdiction.
(politics) Collectively, all the chambers of parliament in the political system of a particular jurisdiction.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(politics) A particular chamber of political representation.
(Canada, politics) The Canadian federal government and its houses of parliament.
(UK politics) The lower house of the British Parliament.
In many countries, the legislative branch of government, a deliberative assembly or set of assemblies whose elected or appointed members meet to debate the major political issues of the day, make, amend, and repeal laws, authorize the executive branch of government to collect and spend money, and in some cases exercise judicial powers; a legislature.
people will in one breath argue for the retention of subsidised pubs for MPs within the bounds of the Houses of Parliament and ask why trust in politics is so low
(UK, politics) The House of Commons and the House of Lords within the Palace of Westminster.
“@mrjamesob.bsky.social NO booze should be allowed at or in. airports,planes,houses of parliament. 10 or 11 quid a pint in london-crazy. i am 66,when i was a lad you could buy 10 pints of trophy bitter for a fiver. oh how times have changed.”
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“people will in one breath argue for the retention of subsidised pubs for MPs within the bounds of the Houses of Parliament and ask why trust in politics is so low”
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