House of Commons commission

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House of Commons commission

• Speaker Jose Fernando Gonzalez
• Deputy Speaker Juan Diego Gomez

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WHAT IS THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

• The House of Commons is the most powerful of
  Parliament's two houses.
• It has 659 members who are elected when the whole
  nation votes in a general election.
• The members are called MPs. They are elected by
  people in their constituency

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MPs A member of parliament represents its
constituency interests Diversity of Charges
(Ministers, shadow ministers) Discuss and fight
for the rights of the UK people.
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House order
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RULES OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

• The MPs are allow to interrupt and refuse other
  MP at any time
• Try to keep the composure and the respect to
  other delegates all the time
• Obey the speakers
• Manage the most respectful language during the
  debate.

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Procedure in debate

• The delegate can speak in first person
• It is the Speakers duty to keep order in debate
  and to call MPs to speak. The MP selected must
  address the Chair, and must refer to other MPs by
  their constituency or to Ministers by their
  office. Thus MPs will refer to each other as The
  Honourable Member for , or (to Privy
  Counsellors) The Right Honourable Member for .
  If the MP referred to is of the same party, they
  will generally be My Honourable Friend. By
  custom, only Ministers and Opposition spokesmen
  and women (front-benchers) may speak from the
  Despatch Boxes.

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Motion

• In the moment a motion comes to the committee,
  the procedure will change a little
• When the voting part arrives, the delegates who
  are in favor must answer when the speaker say
  Aye and for the delegates that are against must
  answer no
• When the chair ask for the ones in favor and the
  ones against, the delegates must stand up.

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BILLS AND ACTS

• A Bill is a proposal for a new law, or a proposal
  to change an existing law, presented for debate
  before Parliament.
• A Bill can start in the Commons or the Lords and
  must be approved in the same form by both Houses
  before becoming an Act (law).

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PORTFOLIOS

• How to make an Opening speech in HOC
• It explicitly contains the greetings to the
  Chamber, the personal presentation of the MP and
  the position of the MP towards the topic. It
  should be written in first person, as you were
  the MP. No longer than 40 seconds.
• The structure is
• -Greetings to the Speakers, the members of
  Parliament and whole House of Commons Chamber.
• -Personal presentation of the MP, his
  constituency and if is the case his Ministry.
• -Brief description of the topic
• -Position of the MP towards the topic, with few
  arguments.
• -Possible solutions
• -Thank everyone for listening

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• How to make an Position Paper in HOC
• The position paper is a more detailed document
  from the Opening speech. At the beginning you
  must mention a part of the bibliography of your
  MP, investigate how did the MP got into the
  Chamber and how his or her decisions and opinions
  are important for the party he or G belongs .
  After that, you need to write about the topic
  that is going to be discussed (both from the
  model) in which it contains the position from the
  MP, the possible solutions the MP propose and the
  main ideas the party your MP belongs has.
• The structure is
• -Bibliography of your MP
• -Importance In the Chamber and the Party she or
  he belongs
• -Explanation of the topic being discussed
• -Position the MP has regarding the topic
• -The possible solutions the MP and the party
  propose
• -How the MP want to see the problem solved

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CHAIR AND COMMITTEE INFO

• SPEAKER
  jgonzalez_at_ccbmun.org
• DEPUTY SPEAKER jgomez_at_ccbmun.org
• PORTFOLIO DEAD LINE
  30/OCT/2014 Maximum 1200 (Midnight)