Rural Tenn (31 replies). Latest news from Sweetwater, TN collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations. Ancestries: United States (22.3%), German (18.2%), Irish (13.3%), English (8.7%), Scotch-Irish (4.8%), Dutch (1.7%). Current Local Time: EST time zone. Land area: 6.90 square miles.
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland which, like the House of Lords (the upper house), meets in the Palace of Westminster. The House is an elected body consisting of 650 members known as Members of Parliament (MPs).
In the United Kingdom, the Speaker of the House of Commons is the individual elected to preside over the elected House of Commons. The speaker is a Member of Parliament (MP) and is elected at the beginning of each new parliament by fellow MPs. The Lord Speaker is the presiding officer of the House of Lords.