Commons, House of > quorum This index term is related to the following paragraphs within Erskine May: View related index terms Quorum of the House "Forty Members, including the Speaker, form the quorum of the House; but the absence of a quorum does not entail the termination of a sitting, it being provided by Standing Order No 41 that the House shall not be counted at any time." Paragraph 20.59, in Part 3, Chapter 20 * denotes reference is in the footnotes for the paragraph. Related index terms Commons, House of quorum (this page)