Author: G. B. Roberts
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Category : Legislative bodies
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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Author: Sir John Arthur Ransome Marriott
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Category : Legislative bodies
Languages : en
Pages : 274

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Author: Nicholas Baldwin
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136337008
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 197

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Notwithstanding the fact that among the parliaments of the world, 38 per cent have Second Chambers (67 out of 179), Second Chambers themselves have only rarely been the focus of attention from politicians and have almost totally been ignored by academics. This work sets about examining them.

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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 926

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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 390

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Author: W.D. Handcock
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040280382
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 754

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English Historical Documents is the most ambitious, impressive and comprehensive collection of documents on English history ever published. An authoritative work of primary evidence, each volume presents material with exemplary scholarly accuracy. Editorial comment is directed towards making sources intelligible rather than drawing conclusions from them. Full account has been taken of modern textual criticism. A general introduction to each volume portrays the character of the period under review and critical bibliographies have been added to assist further investigation. Documents collected include treaties, personal letters, statutes, military dispatches, diaries, declarations, newspaper articles, government and cabinet proceedings, orders, acts, sermons, pamphlets, agricultural instructions, charters, grants, guild regulations and voting records. Volumes are furnished with lavish extra apparatus including genealogical tables, lists of officials, chronologies, diagrams, graphs and maps.

Author: Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on the Draft House of Lords Reform Bill
Publisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780108475801
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 462

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The history of reform of the House of Lords has a long history since the Parliament Act 1911, and since the House of Lords Act 1999 removed the right of all but 92 hereditary peers to sit in the Lords, there has been a number of initiatives to further the debate on reform. The latest proposals are contained in the draft Bill (Cm. 8077, ISBN 9780101807722) published in May 2011, which was referred to the Joint Committee. In this report the Joint Committee acknowledges the controversial aspects of certain of the proposals and the members of the Committee reflect wider differences of opinion, many of the report's recommendations being decided by a majority. The majority supports the need for an electoral mandate, provided the House has commensurate powers. The current functions and role would continue, but the House would probably seek to be more assertive, to an extent that cannot be predicted. The Committee recommends a House of 450 members, 80% elected on a system of Single Transferable Voting (preferably that used in New South Wales, not the one proposed in the Bill) for a 15 year term.The main sections of the report cover: functions, role, primacy of the Commons and conventions; electoral system, size, voting system and constituencies; appointments, bishops and ministers; transition, salaries, IPSA, disqualification. The Committee recommends that, in view of the significance of the constitutional change, the Government should submit the decision to a referendum.

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Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 546

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Vol. 2-33 include Papers read at the annual conference of the Indian Economic Association.

Author: New Zealand. Parliament
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Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 692

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Author: Robert Hazell
Publisher: Imprint Academic
ISBN: 9780907845805
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308

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This text charts the asymmetry and instability of New Labour's constitutional "settlement" and records changes in public attitudes and national identity. The book covers Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, England, intergovermental regions, Westminster and the London assembly. It covers the first year of devolution in the UK, bringing together the work of a five-year research programme funded by the Leverhulme Trust. The programme comprises 11 research projects that bring out the dynamics of devolution. The book also looks at the tensions which have emerged in Wales and Northern Ireland, the growing demand in Westminster for "English votes on English Laws" and the machinery created by Whitehall to manage devolution from the centre.