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Commons and checks
On November 18, 2002, Ablonczy posed a question in the House of Commons concerning the government ’ s system of “ screening and security checks ” as related to Maher Arar, a dual Canadian and Syrian citizen who had recently been deported from the United States to Syria as a terror suspect.

Commons and powers
On 10 June 1789, Abbé Sieyès moved that the Third Estate, now meeting as the Communes ( English: " Commons "), proceed with verification of its own powers and invite the other two estates to take part, but not to wait for them.
The Prime Minister's powers are also limited by the House of Commons, whose support the Government is obliged to maintain.
In 1657, the Commons granted Cromwell even greater powers, some of which were reminiscent of those enjoyed by monarchs.
All Westminster-based parliaments have a lower house with powers based on those of the House of Commons ( under various names ), comprising local, elected representatives of the people.
Crossman, opening the debate on 19 November, said the government would reform the Lords in five ways: removing the voting rights of hereditary peers ; making sure no party had a permanent majority ; ensuring the government of the day usually passed its laws ; weakening the Lords ' powers to delay laws ; and abolishing the power to refuse subordinate legislation if it had been voted for by the Commons.
5. c. 13 ) asserted the supremacy of the House of Commons by limiting the legislation-blocking powers of the House of Lords ( the suspensory veto ).
He negotiated a number of restrictions on the powers of the Prince of Wales as regent ( which would later provide the basis of the Regency of 1811 ), but the bill finally passed the Commons on 12 February.
On 27 June Palmerston gave his statement to the Commons and said Britain would not go to war with the German powers unless the existence of Denmark as an independent power was at stake or that her capital was threatened.
In the debate in the Commons the Conservative MP General Peel said: " It is come to this, that the words of the Prime Minister of England, uttered in the Parliament of England, are to be regarded as mere idle menaces to be laughed at and despised by foreign powers?
Charles did not dispute that Parliament as a whole did have some judicial powers, but he maintained that the House of Commons on its own could not try anybody, and so he refused to plead.
The reserve power of dismissal has never been used in Canada, although other reserve powers have been used to force the prime minister to resign on two occasions: The first took place in 1896, when the prime minister, Sir Charles Tupper, refused to step down after his party did not win a majority of the House of Commons seats in the 1896 election, leading the governor general, the Earl of Aberdeen, to no longer recognize Tupper as prime minister and disapprove of several appointments Tupper had recommended.
By constitutional convention, the Crown's prerogative powers over the armed forces and constitutional powers as Commander-in-Chief are exercised by the Prime Minister and Cabinet, the governing ministry that commands the confidence of the House of Commons.
In the absence of a strong Attorney General, he became the main spokesman for the government in the House of Commons, and was noted for his " great powers of eloquence " and described as " beyond comparison the best speaker " in the House of Commons.
In July 2010, May presented the House of Commons with her detailed proposals for a fundamental review of the previous Labour Party government's security and counter-terrorism legislation including " stop and search " powers and her intention to review the 28 day limit on detaining terrorist suspects without charge.
* Debates-Issue 44-April 6, 2000 ( Senate's Second Reading debate about the passage of specific powers to the House of Commons ; notable because the Senate is a co-equal body )
A house of a legislature can also use a resolution to exercise its specific powers, as the British House of Commons does to elect its Speaker or as the United States House of Representatives does to impeach an officer of the government.
There are immense difficulties involved – its powers, electoral system, and above all relations with the Commons, which would certainly resent the creation of a body with rival claims to democratic legitimacy.
The other is now known as Tooting Bec Common After inclosure, the Common was purchased for use as a public open space under the powers conferred under the Metropolitan Commons Act 1878.
Shuttle diplomacy among the estates continued without success until May 27 ; on May 28, the representatives of the Third Estate began to meet on their own, calling themselves the Communes (" Commons ") and proceeding with their " verification of powers " independently of the other bodies ; from June 13 to June 17 they were gradually joined by some of the nobles and the majority of the clergy and other people such as the peasants.
Now they had no powers over finance bills and their unlimited veto was replaced with one lasting only two years, if the House of Commons passed a bill in the third year and was then rejected by the Lords it would still become law without the consent of the Upper House.
* A bicameral Irish Parliament to be set up in Dublin ( a 40-member Senate and a 164-member House of Commons ) with powers to deal with most national affairs ;
The Maastricht Treaty, which greatly increased the powers of the European Commission, was widely unpopular according to opinion polls, but all three of the main parties had pledged to support its ratification in the House of Commons.

Commons and Prime
In his speech to the House of Commons on the Inquiry, British Prime Minister David Cameron stated: " These are shocking conclusions to read and shocking words to have to say.
In 2011, British Prime Minister David Cameron informed the British House of Commons that his proposals to reform the rules governing royal succession, a change which would require the approval of all Commonwealth realms, were to be discussed at the 28 – 30 October CHOGM in Perth.
* 1979 – The Canadian Government of Prime Minister Joe Clark is defeated in the House of Commons, prompting the 1980 Canadian election.
The following year, Major watched his first debate in the House of Commons – Harold Macmillan's only budget – and has attributed his political ambitions to that event, and to a chance meeting with former Prime Minister Clement Attlee on the King's Road.
On 31 March 1939, the British Prime Minister Chamberlain announced before the House of Commons the British “ guarantee ” of Poland, which committed Britain to go to war to defend Polish independence, though pointedly the “ guarantee ” excluded Polish frontiers.
On 23 June 1936, in the wake of the collapse of League efforts to restrain Italy's war against Abyssinia, British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin told the House of Commons that collective security had
* 1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons, London.
* 1940 – The Norway Debate in the British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill three days later.
In 1972, he headed a Soviet delegation to Belgium, and three years later he led a delegation to West Germany ; in 1983 he headed a delegation to Canada to meet with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and members of the Commons and Senate.
* 2006 – The Canadian House of Commons endorses Prime Minister Stephen Harper's motion to declare Quebec a nation within a unified Canada.
* In the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, the raucous exchange of accusations and insults between rival Members, especially at Prime Minister's Questions, has become known as " Punch and Judy politics ".
Prime ministers who are not Members of Parliament upon their appointment ( or who lose their seats while in office ) have since been expected to seek election to the Commons as soon as possible.
However, while in the House of Commons during Question Period, other members of parliament may address the prime minister as The Right Honourable, Member for minister's Electoral district ( Canada ) | riding < nowiki ></ nowiki > or simply The Right Honourable Prime Minister.
Prior to 1902, the Prime Minister sometimes came from the House of Lords, provided that his government could form a majority in the Commons.
As leader of the House of Commons, the Prime Minister's authority was further enhanced by the Parliament Act of 1911 which marginalised the influence of the House of Lords in the law-making process.
In addition the Prime Minister leads a major political party and generally commands a majority in the House of Commons ( the lower house of the legislature ).
In the House of Commons, the Prime Minister guides the law-making process with the goal of enacting the legislative agenda of their political party.
The Prime Minister and Cabinet are usually all members of the same political party, almost always the one that has a majority of seats in the House of Commons.
The Treasury Commission ceased to meet late in the 18th century but has survived, albeit with very different functions: the First Lord of the Treasury is now the Prime Minister, the Second Lord is the Chancellor of the Exchequer ( and actually in charge of the Treasury ), and the Junior Lords are government Whips maintaining party discipline in the House of Commons ; they no longer have any duties related to the Treasury, though when subordinate legislation requires the consent of the Treasury it is still two of the Junior Lords who sign on its behalf.
She selects as her Prime Minister the person who is able to command a working majority in the House of Commons, and invites him to form a government.
Prime Ministers have taken office because they were members of either the Commons or Lords, and either inherited a majority in the Commons or won more seats than the opposition in a general election.
Since 1722, most Prime Ministers have been members of the Commons ; since 1902, all have had a seat there.
He became Prime Minister because in 1994 he was elected Labour Party leader and then led the party to victory in the 1997 general election, winning 418 seats compared to 165 for the Conservatives and gaining a majority in the House of Commons.
Neither the Sovereign nor the House of Lords had any meaningful influence over who was elected to the Commons in 1997 or in deciding whether or not Blair would become Prime Minister.

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