Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 4 Gorffennaf 1991.
Mrs Angela Rumbold
, Mitcham and Morden
12:00,
4 Gorffennaf 1991
My hon. Friend will be glad to know that when the Criminal Justice Bill, which is currently going through the House of Commons and the other place, becomes an Act, it will effectively take measures to reduce the numbers of people coming into our prisons. I agree with him that that will be most welcome.
The House of Commons is one of the houses of parliament. Here, elected MPs (elected by the "commons", i.e. the people) debate. In modern times, nearly all power resides in this house. In the commons are 650 MPs, as well as a speaker and three deputy speakers.
The House of Lords. When used in the House of Lords, this phrase refers to the House of Commons.
