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1Speaker of the House of Commons (UK) — In the United Kingdom, the Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, and is seen historically as the First Commoner of the Land . The current Speaker is The Right Honourable Michael Martin MP, who took… …
2Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom) — For the speaker of the House of Lords, see Lord Speaker. Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom The Crowned Portcullis …
3closure — noun 1》 an act or process of closing. 2》 a device that closes or seals something. 3》 (in a legislative assembly) a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote. 4》 a feeling that an emotional or traumatic experience has been resolved. verb… …
4kangaroo closure — /kæŋgəˈru ˈkloʊʒə/ (say kangguh rooh klohzhuh) noun a means of closing parliamentary debate in which the speaker restricts discussion to only those amendments which he or she selects …
5House of Commons of the United Kingdom — Infobox Legislature name = The Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled coa pic = House of Commons logo.png coa pic = session room = House of Commons.jpg house type = Lower House… …
6Guillotine Motion — A Guillotine Motion is the common name for an Allocation of Time Motion which is a British House of Commons procedure that can be used to restrict the time set aside for debate during the passage of a bill through the House.The Standing Orders of …
7phonetics — /feuh net iks, foh /, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. the science or study of speech sounds and their production, transmission, and reception, and their analysis, classification, and transcription. Cf. acoustic phonetics, articulatory phonetics,… …
8speech — /speech/, n. 1. the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one s thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture: Losing her speech made her feel isolated from humanity. 2. the act of speaking: He expresses… …
9House of Lords — This article is about the British House of Lords. For other uses, see House of Lords (disambiguation). The Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled …
10Ukraine — /yooh krayn , kruyn , yooh krayn/, n. a republic in SE Europe: rich agricultural and industrial region. 50,684,635; 223,090 sq. mi. (603,700 sq. km). Cap.: Kiev. Russian, Ukraina. Formerly, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. * * * Ukraine… …
