where you elect someone to represent your constituency in the general election or you vote for whomever to sit onto your council. These are held normally every 5 years due to the conservative and liberal democrats’ policy on having a fixed term Parliament. A referendum doesn’t have to have a set time they are used‚ they are usually used when the government are stuck on a policy and idea and want to hear the public’s view and can be on anything‚ where as election is just to vote for someone‚ not to
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security of their homes to the public domain. A demand for women’s franchise was initiated by Sarojini Naidu who alongwith a deputation of Indian women laid a demand for enfranchisement of women on the basis of equality with men‚ before the British Parliament in 1917. In 1921‚ although the Reforms Act gave the right to vote to women but at the same time certain qualifications were prescribed for them like the possession of ‘wifehood’‚ property and education. This led some women’s organizations to draft
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after the war ‚ “in those few minutes I witnessed the birth of a nation” Agnes Campbell Macphail was born in grey county‚ Ontario in 1890 and was 31 when first elected into parliament. In 1921 Agnes was the first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons‚ and was the first woman to be a member of parliament in Canada. she was also the first woman appointed as a member of a Canadian delegation to the League of Nations‚ where she was an active member of the World Disarmament Committee
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How does a bill become a law? In order for a bill to become a law‚ it has to go through many steps and readings. Most often‚ a bill is created by a cabinet member and is read by parliament. On occasion‚ someone outside if the cabinet creates a bill. This is called a privet members bill‚ and are not very often passed because most of the bills are controlled by the cabinet. Before the bill is made a law‚ there are three readings done. The first is mostly formality. It introduces the bill and then
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convicted person from contesting elections‚ the exception carved out under Section 8(4) of the RPA had till now allowed a convicted law-maker to complete his five-year tenure unless his or her appeal is dismissed earlier. It was beyond the power of Parliament to defer the date from which the disqualification will come into effect in the case of sitting MPs and MLAs‚ the court said‚ making it clear that the ruling would hold supreme. The disqualification will‚ however‚ not come into effect for sitting
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Seperation of powers The constitutional principle that limits the powers vested in any person or institution. It divides governmental authority into three branches: legislative (Parliament or Senate)‚ executive (President or Prime Minister and the Cabinet)‚ and judiciary (Chief Justice and other judges). This principle is expressed fully in the US Constitution‚ but is used only as a guide in the UK. Read more: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/separation-of-powers.html#ixzz2HCkLCaUA
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Devolution is defined as “the transfer of power to a lower level‚ especially by central government to local or regional administrations” (oxforddictionaries.com). It can also be defined as “the transfer of power from a superior sovereign to a subordinate parliament or assembly.” (Tonge 2010). Within a devolved state‚ the sovereign power retains the technical power to suspend the devolved government. Since Labour came into power in 1997 under Tony Blair‚ power has been devolved from Westminster to Scotland
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[pic] By Bhabani Sankar B.Singh Bhabani Sankar B.Singh Daringbadi‚ Kandhamal Odisha‚ India Pin-762104 A few words from me......... Bhabani Sankar B.Singh ( MA BJ ) Being a student of journalism writing is an obvious passion .Apart from that ‚am passionate
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One reform introudced after 1997 was devolution. The centrepiece of Labour’s programme of constitutional reform was undoubtedly this. Referendums had been held in Scotland‚ Wales and Northern Ireland regading whether they should have their own Parliaments and devolved government. Devolution will almost certainly have an impact on the wishes of the people who live there to see complete independence for their country. Once devolution had been granted‚ complete independence would see an opportunity
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HISTORY OF RIGHT TO INFORMATION INTRODUCTION: Right to Information has given a platform to the people to know about the proper functioning and the administration of the government. Before the need for Right to Information emerged‚ there were other acts such as the Evidence Act and the Official Secrets Act which gave certain privileges to the government to prevent certain documents to be disclosed to the public. As a result the government started using these privileges to serve their own ends
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