They both sat as MPs in the House of Commons.
他们两人都曾是下议院议员。
Big Ben's movement has caused cracks in the walls of other parts of the House of Commons, including corridors where ministers have their offices.
大本钟的运动造成了下议院其它部分墙面出现裂纹，其中包括大臣办公室的走廊墙面。
I have submitted the motion to the House of Commons.
我已将动议提交给了众议院。
Not for nothing is the speaker of the House of Commons ritually dragged unwillingly to his chair.
下议院议长根据仪式挪到他椅子上时不情不愿不是没有理由的。
Mr. Smith had a very important meeting at the House of Commons and had toget there but no one could take him.
史密斯先生要到下院参加一个非常重要的会议，必须赶到那儿，可是没人能送他去。
She was the first woman from Quebec elected to the House of Commons.
她是魁北克当选为下议院议员的第一名妇女。
Speaking before the House of Commons, Mr. Brown said since British military operations in Iraq have ended, the time had come for a thorough inquiry into the war.
布朗在下议院讲话时说，既然英国在伊拉克的军事任务已经结束，现在是对战争进行彻底调查的时候了。
For many, this floating pavilion, claimed on parliamentary expenses by a Conservative knight of the shires, revealed something rotten about the House of Commons.
这个悬浮式的楼阁是一位保守党的郡爵士用议会的款项购下的，这个事件掀开了英国下院腐化篇章的一角。
Big Ben's movement has caused cracks in the walls of other parts of the House of Commons, including corridors where ministers and shadow ministers have their offices.
大本钟的倾斜运动还造成了下议院其它部分墙面出现裂纹，其中包括部长和影子部长办公室的走廊墙面。
In Ludlow market, shoppers declared that they did not care how large new constituencies were, if a smaller House of Commons saved money.
在勒德罗市场，消费者已经表示如果规模更小的下议院可以帮他们省钱，他们并不关心新选区的规模。
In a debate in the House of Commons on June 16th, one MP said a colleague had spent four hours processing a claim for petrol.
6月16日，在下议院的一场争辩中，下议院一名议员说一名工作人员花四小时起草他们浪费汽油方面的起诉书。
Nancy Witcher Astor, or Viscountess Astor, was the second woman elected to the British Parliament's House of Commons and the first to actually serve.
南锡·威彻·阿斯特，也称为阿斯特子爵夫人，是第二位当选为英国下议院议员的女性议员，也是第一位实际到任了的。
George Osborne unveiled his budget to the House of Commons.
乔治·奥斯本向英国国会下院公布了的预算方案。
Many peers expect their elected successors to be much more assertive towards the House of Commons, straining old conventions that the Lords should bow before the primacy of the elected chamber.
很多贵族期待他们通过选举产生的继任者能在下议院更有自信，由此打破旧时上议院屈从于下议院的惯例。
Their concern has pricked the House of Commons media committee to look at whether the law needs changing: it is due to report shortly.
他们的反应刺激了英国下议院媒体委员会，该委员会开始考虑这部法律是否需要修改：此事应该立刻提上议程了。
In his budget statement, delivered to the House of Commons on 24 March, Darling said that the UK must renew and modernise its energy supplies if it hoped to improve its infrastructure.
在三月24日提交下议院的预算中达林声称，如果英国希望加强基础设施，英国必须更新和完善自己的能源供应。
As elections to the European Parliament, unlike those to the House of Commons, are conducted under a system of proportional representation, voting for outsiders can bring them a real reward.
因为欧洲议会的选举与英国下议院不用，采用的是比例代表制，给靠边党投票能带来真正的回报。
In the week when Britain's House of Commons returns from its summer holiday, here is a reminder that austerity will not be much fun.
对于一周后英国下议院后暑期假期后的重开，这是一个提醒：紧缩政策并不那么有趣。
Politicians here have come to rely on mobile technology such as BlackBerrys so much that parliamentary authorities now allow their use in the House of Commons main debating chamber, albeit silently.
英国的政坛人物十分依赖黑莓等移动科技，因此议会机关目前允许在下院主辩论厅使用手机，不过要调为静音。
Only last week I was on my way to the House of Commons when I was pulled over by the police.
仅在上个星期，在我去下议院的路上，我的车被警察带到路边。
A bill in the House of Commons would give the neediest old people care in their homes free of charge, if it passes before Parliament is dissolved.
如果在国会解散前，下院的一项议案获得通过，将使最贫困的老人享受免费的家庭护理。
The latest disclosures were made in the House of Commons on July 7th.
最近的事实披露7月7日发生了英国下议院。
The abortion debate came at the end of two hotly contested days in the House of Commons.
堕胎法的争论经过国会众议院的两天激烈辩论后落下帷幕。
She went on to earn her Ph.D., teach in the international medical program, present work to the House of Commons, and become a visiting scholar at Harvard University.
她攻读了哲学博士学位，在国际医学项目组任教，在英国下议院任职，又是哈佛大学的访问学者。
The prime minister, Herbert Asquith, reminded the House of Commons that such courage had built the British empire.
英国首相赫伯特请求下院不忘曾以非凡勇气建立了大英帝国的历史。
The House of Commons is also set to shrink from 650 to 600 seats, and almost every constituency will have new boundaries.
下议院的席位将从650个缩减到600个，几乎所有的选区都要重新划分。
David Cameron, addressing the House of Commons at his first Prime Minister's Questions, said that the thoughts of MPs were with the victims.
戴维·卡梅伦作为首相首次在下议院回应质询时表示，全体议员和受害者一样感同身受。
David Cameron, addressing the House of Commons at his first Prime Minister's Questions, said that the thoughts of MPs were with the victims.
戴维·卡梅伦作为首相首次在下议院回应质询时表示，全体议员和受害者一样感同身受。
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