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Members of Parliament. During debates they keep order and call MPs to speak.
The Speaker is the chief officer and highest authority of the House of Commons and must remain
politically impartial at all times.
The Speaker also represents the Commons to the monarch, the Lords and other authorities and
chairs the House of Commons Commission. The current Speaker is John Bercow, MP for
Buckingham.
Frontbenchers In many parliaments and other similar assemblies, seating is typically
arranged in banks or rows, with each political party or caucus grouped together.
The spokespeople for each group will often sit at the front of their group, and are then known as
being on the frontbench (or front bench) and are described as frontbenchers. Those sitting
behind them are known as backbenchers. Independent and minority parties sit to the side, and are
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