Member of Parliament

head of the government; and its parliament holds the executive power (PoliticalLandscape, 2015). The Parliament tasks include governing state’s finances, making laws and observing the actions of the governing party (PoliticalLandscape, 2015). Singapore’s parliament members (MPs) are comprised of mix of elected, nominated and non-constituency members (Parliament, 2017). General elections dictate the majority of MPs in Parliament and represent either Single Member Constituencies (SMCs) or Group Representation

Introduction The United Kingdom (UK) Parliament consists of three main constituent elements: the House of Commons, House of Lords and the Crown. The Parliament, also known as the “Legislature” is the highest legislative authority in the UK. Setting aside the formal role of the Crown, the Westminster Parliament has a bicameral legislature. The main function of the Parliament is to make law, scrutinize the bills, and hold the executive account, which indicates all government ministers, is accountable

2017. As an action, I chose to write to my member of parliament in regard to his vote on Bill C-237, also known as the Gender Equity Act. As a liberal party member, this should have been something he supported alongside his party, who defeated Bill C-237. This bill would have given a monetary penalty to parties whose list of elected members had a gap bigger than 10% between its number of women and men running (Bill C-237). By writing to my member of parliament, I engaged with the House of Commons and

responsibilities: ▪ European Parliament, The European Parliament handles decisions, which would affect the countries, which are members of the EU; these issues include the environment, equal opportunities, transport, consumer rights, movement of the workers and goods, etc. Currently there are 72 members of the UK that get directly elected to become part of

a disqualification under either subsection shall not, in the case of a person who on the date of the conviction is a member of Parliament or the Legislature of a State, take effect until three months have elapsed from that date or, if within that period an appeal or application for revision is brought in respect of the conviction or the sentence, until that appeal

still progress to be made. Even though the current parliament is around 25% female, countries such as Cuba, Sweden, and Bolivia are champion examples of diverse participation in politics, as their governments inspire female leadership with close to, and over 50% females in government since their last elections. Canada's policies of multiculturalism have led to increased representation by Canadians from visible minorities. It was only in 1971, that Liberal Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau

The JAN LOKPAL chain reaction Hardly any day passes without corruption in India, corruption in India has been increasing day by day. The root of corruption lies in the hands of the govt. ministers, members of parliament, civil servants, govt. employees, and the people associated with it. The citizens are sovereign and their rights are the basis of the governance of the country. People cannot fight against corruption alone unless they have some support, they

1. Ordinary Bill: An Ordinary Bill can be introduced in any of the two Houses of Parliament and it does not require prior permission of the President. Provisions regarding ordinary Bill are enumerated in the Article 10 of the Constitution. Both the Houses of Parliament have equal legislative authority over ordinary Bill. An ordinary Bill can either be introduced by a minister or by any member of Parliament. The Bill has to pass through various stages before it can become a law and has to undergo

Question 2 As the Queensland Minister for Consumer Affairs, Anne introduced a bill into Parliament to outlaw some real estate scams that have been exposed by TV journalists. Yet during its first reading, Anne realised that the bill has serious defects when answering an Opposition question. Before discussing whether it is too late for Anne to fix this problem, I will first give a brief introduction of the law making in Australia, specifically, the bills. Main concepts of bills According to Davenport

Presupposition Presupposition is what the speaker, in this case, the governor general, assumes that the audience knows before speaking. Initially, the governor uses presupposition to communicate the significance of his position to the Canadian parliament members. For example, in line 5, he employs existential presupposition by stating that he is the “representative of Her Majesty The Queen [of England].” This statement presupposes that England does have a queen, and ensures that the audience knows that