The leader of a Party that wins more than half the seats or less than half but can count on support of smaller parties to achieve enough support to pass law is invited by the Queen to form a government. Legally the Queen is the head of government and no business in Parliament can be ...
In November, the Ukrainian parliament passed a bill in the first reading on including Ukraine's intention to join both organizations in the country's Constitution. If the bill is adopted in the final reading, it would mean that Ukraine officially gives constitutional affirmation to its Euro-Atlant...
The Goods and Services Tax Act was passed by Parliament on March 29, 2017, and came into effect on July 1, 2017. This pivotal reform marked a significant shift in India’s tax landscape, intending to reduce the tax burden on businesses and consumers while promoting a unified market across ...
More human and financial capital only aids in more effective rule-making and enforcement up to a point, but more is not always better. Merely possessing regulatory resources does not guarantee their good use.Footnote73This is because more human capital improves monitoring and enforcement when personn...
The Online Streaming Act, formerly known in Parliament as Bill C-11, is the Liberal government's second attempt to bring major online streaming services into Canada's broadcasting system, and eventually have them contribute to supporting local music and stories. ...
Answerable to the national parliament since 1989, the National Debt Office is still responsible for raising funds for the government through debt, while the central bank retains responsibility for managing the currency. Curious about which commodities and goods Sweden trade the most? See theEconomic ...
The decisive moment came when Baroness Tina Stowell, a former Tory leader in the House of Lords, introduced an amendment to a bill going through the second chamber with the aim of stopping the Zucker bid. The February 26 amendment to the digital markets bill sought to give parliament a veto...
You must not deprive the colonies of their right to make laws for themselves. Parliament should only make laws necessary for the empire as a whole. —Thomas Hutchinson 130 There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the peo...
Most of the first generation of recorded rappers were, Bill Adler remembers, influenced visually by eitherMichael JacksonorGeorge ClintonandParliament-Funkadelic. Run-DMC was different. "Their fashion sense was very street oriented,"Adler explains."And that was something that emanated from Jam Master...
As part of Britain's constitutional monarchy, the queen was obliged to give "Royal Assent" to all bills passed by Parliament before they could become law. Her approval was purely a formality since the last time Royal Assent was refused was 1707, when Queen Anne blocked a bill to send a ...