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    The House of Commons and in the political background it is not. Members of Parliament are not as powerful as they are said to be and due to party discipline, the amount of power they actually have is very limited. Party discipline has taken Members of Parliament and trained them to obey whatever the leader of the Party and their whips say, just like seals. There are several arguments supporting this issue, such as Members of Parliament are forced to vote in whatever way their Political Party wants

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    According to the Parliament of Canada’s website, at the first reading in the House or Senate, propositions for new laws or changes to the ones in place is written down (“Process of Passing a Bill”). From thereon, it becomes a Bill and is printed in order for the first reading to occur (Parliament of Canada). They are, then, given a second reading, which is when most of the parliamentary debate occurs regarding the bills’ ideas (Parliament of Canada). If members of parliament find the idea behind

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    MMP has been implemented into New Zealand, it has allowed for a wider diversity of parties to be in parliament. On account of that, while it is still possible for a party to win the majority seats in parliament, it is very difficult to do so; Church (2015) states that this has not happened in the last four elections. As a result, MMP has impacted on the relationship between the executive and parliament by making the executive to make arrangements between themselves and minor parties, in order to stay

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    Some people have specific duties in Parliament — the Governor-General, the Speaker, the Prime Minister, Ministers and other members with special roles, the Clerk of the House, the Serjeant-at-Arms, and the historical office of Usher of the Black Rod. Their titles and functions are set out here. Sovereign / Governor-General Speaker of the House Deputy and Assistant Speakers Prime Minister Ministers Leader of the House Leader of the Opposition Whips Clerk of the House Serjeant-at-Arms Usher of the

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    the civil war, officers of the New Model Army, formed by Cromwell, decided to put Charles on trial. Parliament voted to negotiate with the King in order to come to a peace agreement, but that was met with a fierce rebuke from Cromwell and his army. In order to kill any hope for the King and to prevent any kind of compromise between the King and Parliament, one hundred and eighty members of Parliament were excluded, and forty five were imprisoned for showing resistance. This act of purging was described

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    executive and parliament through a variety of ways. One of these ways is getting the executive and parliament to work together, forming arrangements for the major party to become the executive, and minor parties to hold ministerial portfolios. Another method is for the executive to be held more accountable for their actions by parliament, reining in their power and giving the parliament more control. Lastly, MMP has impacted on the relationship between the executive and parliament by having the executive

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    enjoyed. BACKGROUND Starting in the 1870s, Large numbers of women started to join organisations. They were motivated by the desire for a secure home, and to acknowledge their concern about the damage done by men, caused by alcohol abuse. Many members of these organisations either belonged to Baptist, Methodist or

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    which will be provided, are the different types of the bill and the primary legislation and secondary legislation and each of them will has the references. The different bills are included the Public bills, Private bills, Hybrid bills and Private Members’ bills. For the primary and secondary legislation, both will explain every stage that include the First and second Reading, Committee and Report stage, Third Reading. Then, this essay will compare the two legislations with advantages and drawbacks

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    years the EU shows it’s potential and has the second largest parliament in the world with multiple member countries. The essay mainly focus on discuss the differences between UK parliament and European Parliament, statistics, government act, declaration and treaties will be given in order to support the opinions. Firstly, the origin and developments of the two parliaments will be given. Secondly, the essay will compare the two parliaments from aspects of structure, composition, function and role. Thirdly

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    How well does Parliament perform its various functions? There are several important functions that Parliament must perform. The word Parliament derived from the Latin ‘parliamentum’ and the French word ‘parler’ which originally meant a talk- which is what Parliament does most of the time. Parliament consists of the House of Commons, the House of Lords and the Monarchy. Parliament is the highest judicial, legislative and executive body in Britain. A parliamentary form of government acknowledges

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