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Helpful A-Z glossary listing key parliamentary terms and their definition.

  • Cabinet
  • Captain of Gentlemen at Arms
  • Carry-over motions/bills
  • Casting vote
  • Catching the Speaker's eye
  • Central Lobby
  • Chairman of Committees
  • Chairmen's panel
  • Chamber
  • Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
  • Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • Chief whip
  • Chiltern Hundreds and the Manor of Northstead
  • Civil list
  • Clause
  • Clerk of the Crown in Chancery
  • Clerk of the House
  • Clerk of the Parliaments
  • Closure motion
  • Code of Conduct for Members of the Lords
  • Code of Conduct for MPs
  • Command Papers
  • Commencement Order
  • Committal
  • Committee Corridor
  • Committee of Selection
  • Committee of the whole House
  • Committee on Standards and Privileges
  • Committee on Standards in Public Life
  • Committee stage
  • Commons Information Office
  • Conservative Party
  • Consolidated Fund
  • Consolidation Bill
  • Constituencies
  • Constituency Fridays
  • Constitution
  • Contempt
  • Content and Not Content Lobbies
  • Countess
  • Court of Appeal
  • Cranborne deal
  • Crossbench Convenor
  • Crossbench Peers
  • Crossing the floor
  • Crown Prerogative

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