We investigate how the Norwegian electoral reform changed the content of parliamentary speeches. Comparing speeches from MPs present both before and after the reform, we show how parties become more cohesive in parliamentary debates under list PR than they were under the single﹎emberヾistrict system...
The British Library explains that “history of the reporting of debates in Parliament is long and complex. Parliament guards its privacy fiercely and for a long time it was forbidden to report what was said within the House. Nevertheless from the seventeenth century some debates appeared, compiled...
It comprises of six legislative assembly segments and has 13,982,587 electors.The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Tiruvannamalai parliamentary constituency.Names of Assembly Constituencies Jolarpet Tirupattur Chengam (SC) Tiruvannamalai Kilpennat...
provoking anger amongst backbench MPs and violating thecore parliamentary principleof the equality of all members. It was only on30 December– well over six months later – that virtual participation in key debates was reinstated, while even now ministers refuse to restore remote electronic voting. ...
摘要:This article considers contemporary Parliamentary approaches to law-making in respect of homosexuality and religious belief through an analysis of debates regarding the creation of the offence of incitement to hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation (Section 74 and Schedule 16 of the Criminal...
As Senator Wright has noted, some two months after Mr Ruddock took over as Chair of the Committee: Until recently the committee has fulfilled its role by applying the consistent, principled analysis that has been missing from many other parliamentary and public debates. Regrettably, it is now ...
Notices include information about the subject matter to be discussed, the time and place of the meetings, and a list of any witnesses scheduled to appear.* Minutes of Proceedings--Minutes of Proceedings are a formal record, prepared by the clerk of the committee, of all decisions taken by ...
We find that proponents of welfare conditionality primarily employed consequentialist and paternalist arguments, supplemented by social justice, contractualism and communitarianism whilst opponents primarily employed consequentialist and social justice arguments. We explore how proponents and opponents anticipated ...
The analyses point to the importance of two rationales in the allocation of speaking time: high-status MPs (reflected by their list positions) speak on issues that parties prioritise, and MPs speak on issues on which they have specialised knowledge. Our analyses shed important light on how ...
(2003). `Civic' and `ethnic' na- tionalist discourses in Spanish parliamentary debates. Journal of Language and Politics, 2 (1), 31-70.Grad Fuchsel, H. y L. Martin Rojo (2003) "'Civic' and `ethnic' nationalist discourses in Spanish parliamentary debates". Journal of Language and ...