The British Commons, on the other hand, saw the development of the system of party government over 150 years of its history, beginning in the late seventeenth century. By the end of the nineteenth century, it had conferred on its Speaker discretionary powers to overcome determined obstruction by minorities in the House.
Dès la fin du dix-neuvième siècle, elles avaient conféré à leur Président des pouvoirs discrétionnaires qui lui permettaient de mettre fin aux manœuvres dilatoires des groupes minoritaires à la Chambre.
