House of Parliament

Russia's pro-Kremlin Duma or lower house of parliament rushed through the necessary legislation in less than a week.

If the House of Parliament had not been burned down in 1834, the great clock would never have been erected.

Similarly limited elections for members of the upper house of parliament also are under consideration, he said.

The reforms have passed through the lower house of parliament and are expected to be passed by the Senate within days.

At the north end of the House of Parliament is another big tower - the famous clock tower known as Big Ben.

It has already been passed by the lower house of parliament, and the upper house is due to conclude its voting this week.

In accordance with the constitution, Mr Komorowski, the speaker of the Sejm (the lower house of parliament) is already acting president.

Russia's lower house of parliament has given a preliminary approval to a nuclear arms pact with United States.

But he has so far failed to persuade opposition MPs, who control the upper house of parliament, to approve his 92. 4tn yen spending plans.

Wednesday, Italy's lower house of parliament approved a security bill that redefines illegal immigration as a criminal offense.

Since 2008, she had served as the spokeswoman for the Popular Party in the lower house of parliament.

Now, Germany's increasingly sceptical Bundestag (lower house of parliament) is about to weigh in.

It's a fight that is expected to come to a head in the next few weeks, as the newly elected lower house of parliament convenes January 23.

After that, while the MDC and its allies had a slim majority in the lower house of parliament, Zimbabwe's slide into ruin continued.

Any minister holding a portfolio must be a member of either house of parliament.

Italy's lower house of parliament has approved a new security bill by that redefines illegal immigration as a criminal offense.

We visited the House of Parliament in London.

Other want more autonomy, and perhaps even a tribal council that functions as an upper house of parliament.

Germany's upper house of parliament has voted to reduce the severity of the reductions planned for solar installations in the country.

But the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), which controls the upper house of parliament, rejected them.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has won a critical confidence vote in both the Senate and the lower house of parliament.

The speaker of the lower house of parliament was investigated this month for "misappropriating" $140m.

Mr. Berlusconi's governing coalition garnered 308 votes, seven votes shy of a majority needed in the 630-member lower house of Parliament.

Japan's lower house of parliament has approved Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's controversial plan to double sales tax.

Oleg Morozov is the first deputy speaker of the Russian Duma, the lower house of parliament.

Voters will be electing members to the four provincial assemblies and the lower house of parliament.

The remaining house of Parliament, the House of Commons, instituted a Council of State to execute laws and to direct administrative policy.

Preliminary results give the PDPT, led by Emomali Rakhmon, the president, 53 seats out of 63 in the lower house of parliament.

THE results of elections to Afghanistan's lower house of parliament, which took place on September 18th, will become clear this week.

Poland's Lower House of Parliament would like to contribute to continuous development of Poland-China relations.

The ruling party could even lose its majority in the lower house of parliament, starting a period of prolonged struggling.

Voters in Pakistan are set to go to the polls Monday in elections for the lower house of parliament and the four provincial assemblies.

Germany's upper house of parliament is expected to pass the measure on Friday.

MPs from the three nominal opposition parties in the Duma, the lower house of parliament, staged a walkout in protest.

This week, Mister Berlusconi won a budget vote in Italy's lower house of parliament.

In Monday's polls, voters elected 47 members of the lower house of parliament.

Lawmakers in the lower house of parliament voted for Merkel, with 323 of the 612 votes cast in favor, 285 against and four abstentions.

The plan authorizes ministers to draft a bill, which is expected to go to the Bundestag, the lower house of Parliament, this summer.

But the Samajwadi Party, alone, cannot take the government past the half-way mark in the 545 member lower house of parliament.

The Samajwadi Party controls 39 members of parliament in the 543 lower house of parliament.

This is a tragedy and we express our condolences, " Boris Gryzlov, speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament, told journalists. "

The center-right parties have a comfortable majority with 332 seats in the 622-seat lower house of parliament.

Last year her government lost its majority in the Bundesrat, the upper house of parliament, which represents the states.

If you go to London, you may want to visit the House of Parliament.

This week, after 18 years of dithering and doubts, the Duma (the lower house of parliament) voted to ratify WTO entry,

The bill is expected to pass the main chamber of Japan's upper house of parliament Friday

The Speaker of Britain's Lower House of parliament