The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the UK Parliament, the British Parliament or Parliament, is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories.The main work of Parliament is to make laws, debate topical issues and look at how our taxes are spent to help run the country. The issues discussed in Parliament affect us all: health, the environment, transport, jobs, schools, crime.
Parliamentary language
Parlimentary language tends to involve latinate and higher register terms to describe and explain economical legislation and policies. These can include.
- Defecit
- Budget
- Legislatory
- Referendum
- Conservative
- Inflation
- Immigration
Non parliamentary language
Unparliamentary language breaks the rules of politeness in the House of Commons Chamber. The Speaker will direct an MP who has used unparliamentary language to withdraw it. Refusal to withdraw a comment might lead to an MP being disciplined for example the Speaker could 'name' the Member.
Words to which objection has been taken by the Speaker over the years include:
- Blackguard
- Coward
- Git
- Guttersnipe
- Hooligan
- Rat
- Swine
- Stoolpigeon
- Traitor
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