Betekenis van the House of Commons In het Nederlands

• 0 one of the two parts of parliament in the UK and Canada, whose members are each elected to represent a particular official area of the country, or its members, or the place where it meets:

  • The mood was sombre as the Commons sat down on Wednesday to debate the crisis.

• 1 in Canada, the group of elected government members that makes the laws

• 2 one of the two chambers (= parts) of parliament in Britain and Canada, whose members are elected to represent a particular area of the country:

  • When the chancellor rises from his seat in the House of Commons on Wednesday, he will try to appear confident.