British Quote by H. H. Asquith

I'm impatient not with the House of Commons as an institution, but with the way in which it is operated. This doesn't prove I…

— Pierre Trudeau

I have never known the monarch to object to what the House of Commons does.

— Lindsay Hoyle

Parliament itself would not exist in its present form had people not defied the law.

— Arthur Scargill

The House of Commons is a great unwieldy body, which requires great Art and some Cordials to keep it loyal.

— Henry Pelham

The Commons is one of the most depressing and intellectually unstimulating places in the country. [On the state of British politics

— Clare Short

Although England, and the rest of the United Kingdom, possesses momentous constitutional texts and significant statutes, since the 1600s there has been no systematic…

— Linda Colley

Parliament has become so undermined it is almost unable to do the job that people expect of it. A glaring example is the budget…

— Sheila Fraser

This open resistance to [Parliament's] authority can only have found place among the lower and more ignorant of the people.

— Henry Seymour Conway

Democracy cannot be imagined without Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha, and they cannot be imagined without MPs and MLAs.

— Sushma Swaraj

Many must think the House of Commons is completely bound by tradition when they see us at work in the Chamber - but nothing…

— Lindsay Hoyle

There can be no place in a 21st-century parliament for people with 15th-century titles upholding 19th-century prejudices.

— Paddy Ashdown

Parliament was an institution of enormous standing when I was aspiring to go in. It isn't now.

— Ann Widdecombe