Research Briefing
Parliamentary sitting hours: comparative statistics
This is an archived Commons Library briefing on Parliamentary sitting hours: comparative statistics from 2006.
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Research Briefing
Power to the People: the report of Power, an Independent Inquiry into Britain’s Democracy.
The Power Inquiry was established and funded by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust to investigate why there has been a decline in participation in formal politics and to make proposals to reverse this trend. The report of the Power Inquiry was published on 27 February 2006.
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Research Briefing
Sinn Fein, Allowances and Access to Commons Facilities
On 18 December 2001 the House debated and agreed a motion to allow Members who had chosen not to take their seats to use facilities within the precincts of the House and use the departments of the House, and claim Members' Allowances.
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Research Briefing
Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill (Bill 111 2005-06)
The Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill (Bill 111 of 2005-06). House of Commons Library Research Paper 06/06
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Research Briefing
The “Sewel Convention”
The Sewel Convention applies when the UK Parliament legislates on a matter which is devolved to the Scottish Parliament.
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Research Briefing
The Constitutional Reform Act 2005- the role of the Lord Chancellor
This Note is designed to provide a short supplement to Standard Notes no 2105 and Research Papers 05/05 which described the provisions of, and background to, the Constitutional Reform Bill in relation to the Lord Chancellor until its second reading in the Commons. The Bill had a protracted initial passage through the Lords where a special committee had taken evidence on the Bill before eventual report stage and third reading. The scrutiny of the Bill in the Commons was truncated by the general election of 2005.
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Research Briefing
Draft Bills 2001-2005
This standard note lists draft bills introduced in each session since the 2001 general election and gives the following details for each bill: (1) introduction as a draft; (2) any pre-legislative scrutiny at Westminster including government responses; (3) formal introduction of the final bill; and (4) date of royal assent.
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Research Briefing
Drafting Legislation and the Parliamentary Counsel Office
The Parliamentary Counsel is a team of lawyers which drafts government bills before they are introduced into Parliament and works on other legal aspects of parliamentary business. This note describes the work of the Parliamentary Counsel Office, and its structure. It also briefly considers the implications of the growing use of pre-legislative scrutiny on the work of the Office.
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Research Briefing
The New Code of Conduct for Members
The Standards and Privileges Committee have issued a new version of the Code of Conduct for Members and Guide to the Rules, following a review undertaken by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, Sir Philip Mawer. This Note looks at previous Codes of Conduct and at the revisions.
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Research Briefing
Pepper v Hart
Following the decision in Pepper v Hart in 1993, if primary legislation is ambiguous or obscure the courts may in certain circumstances take account of statements made in Parliament by Ministers or other promoters of a Bill in construing that legislation. Until that decision, using Hansard in that way would have been regarded as a breach of Parliamentary privilege.
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Research Briefing
Modernisation of the House of Commons 1997 – 2005
Modernisation of the House of Commons 1997-2005. House of Commons Research paper 05/46.
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