House of Lords, but today its legislative powers greatly exceed those of the Lords. The full, formal style and title of the House of Commons is The Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled. Role The House of Commons main purpose is to make laws by passing Acts of Parliament, as well as to discuss current political issues The House of Commons scrutinises the Government through "Question time", during which members have the opportunity to ask questions of the prime minister and of other cabinet ministers Members and elections Since 1950 each Member of Parliament represents a single constituency The Commissions conduct general reviews of electoral boundaries once every 8 to 12 years, as well as a number of interim reviews Currently the United Kingdom is divided into 650 constituencies, with
following a series of reforms, as of 2010 only 91, elected by the House from the hereditary peers, remain as members. The number of members is not fixed; as of October 2010 the House of Lords had 744 members. formal title of the House of Lords is The Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled. 35. The daily schedule. Question Time. The House of Commons scrutinises the Government through "Question Time", during which members have the opportunity to ask questions of the prime minister and of other cabinet ministers. Prime minister's question time occurs once each week, normally for a half-hour each Wednesday. Questions must relate to the responding minister's official government activities, not to his or her activities as a party leader or as a private Member of Parliament. Customarily,
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