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).
Bills may be introduced in either house, though controversial bills normally originate in the House of Commons. The supremacy of the Commons in legislative matters is assured by the Parliament Acts, under which certain types of bills may be presented for the Royal Assent without the consent of the House of Lords.