For ordinary citizens, many aspects internal reforms carried out in Parliament since 2009 are not very visible, because they do not attract sufficient media attention and discussion. However, the Democratic Audit recently gave evidence to the powerful Political and Constitutional Reform select committee ...
in the thousands. The Office also gained oversight of the clericalhierarchythrough the creation of committees that managed administration of and state funding to religious institutions. Furthermore, it exerted influence through its direct control over a considerable amount of alms and many sizable ...
Although many MPs in New Zealand supported the NZPC during the campaign for the PRA, MP Brent Catchpole (NZ First) joined others who opposed the bill by calling into question the integrity of the NZPC in parliament saying that it was “the one organisation that is out there promoting ...
Stock exchanges face even greater competition than legislatures. Exchanges face greater competition than ever before from other venues in facilitating the purchase and sale of securities.Footnote56For example, there are 127 public trading venues (‘regulated markets’) in Europe alone.Footnote57In fact...
According to some of the oldest traditions, the monarch is the ultimate source of power in the British government; the British legislature is formally known as "The Queen in Parliament." But as we'll see, while she was alive, the queen wielded no real political power to act independently ...
Is the House of Representatives in the legislative branch? Was the House of Burgesses a representative government? How are European Parliament members elected? How has the legislative branch changed over time? Why is the legislative branch important?
Policy enquiries by committees in Parliament or the devolved institutions or the European Parliament may themselves provide opportunities for engagement. Analysis of policy exchanges in committees or in plenary sessions in Parliament or the devolved institutions will also provide better understanding of ...
Energy policy IGR in the UK has been broadly cooperative, informal and mainly conducted through officials. Energy has rarely been the focus of discussions within formal intergovernmental forums like the Joint Ministerial Committees, except in its European format when discussed as an agenda item of upc...
Many analysts and commentators have argued that the world has entered apost-human rightsphase, with sustained undermining of human rights and the rule of law around the world. Unfortunately, this is not new — although the focus on this topic has tended to wax and wa...
parliament is that they know this would help keep their seat in the control of their side of the party. This happens every parliament. But this time around, there is a particularly large bulge of retirements, because many Labour MPs on the centre and right of the party held off their ...