parliamentary reform

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• parliamentary reform —    The trend of recent years has been towards a growth in executive power at the expense of legislatures, a trend not confined to the United Kingdom. Supporters of parliamentary reform in Britain worry about the growing imbalance between the… …   Glossary of UK Government and Politics

• Special working group on parliamentary reform — In 2007 the President of the European Parliament, Hans Gert Poettering, set up a special working group on parliamentary reform. It was chaired by Dagmar Roth Behrendt MEP (member for Germany) and was to improve the efficiency and image of the… …   Wikipedia

• Reform movement — redirects here. For specific organizations by that name, see Reform Movement (disambiguation) A reform movement is a kind of social movement that aims to make gradual change, or change in certain aspects of society rather than rapid or… …   Wikipedia

• Reform Act 1832 — First page of the Reform Act 1832 This painting by …   Wikipedia

• Reform Bills — See also the Reform Act disambiguation page The Reform Bills were a series of proposals to reform voting in the British parliament. These include the Reform Acts of 1832, 1867, and 1884.BackgroundThe three acts extended voting rights to… …   Wikipedia

• Reform flask — an English salt glazed stoneware flask of the early 19th century formed as an effigy of one of the figures connected with the Reform Bill of 1832. * * * Reform flask noun A salt glazed stoneware flask made in the likeness of one of the figures… …   Useful english dictionary

• Parliamentary borough — Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament. The term came into use in the 19th century in the United Kingdom, when certain boroughs were… …   Wikipedia

• Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe - Resolution 1549 (2007) Functioning of democratic institutions in Ukraine — The information below is a copy of the relevant report and resolution passed by The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europeon April 192007 concerning the Ukrainian Political Crisisand Decrees of The President, Viktor Yushchenko dismissing …   Wikipedia

• Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918 — The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885 1918 was the result of centuries of development in different kinds of constituencies. The three Reform Acts of the nineteenth century brought about some order by amending franchises in a… …   Wikipedia

• Reform of the House of Lords — For almost a century, governments in the United Kingdom have attempted to find a way to undertake a comprehensive reform of the House of Lords, which is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This process was started by the… …   Wikipedia

• Reform of the United Nations — expand|date=January 2007Since the late 1990s there have been many calls for reform of the United Nations (UN). However, there is little clarity or consensus about what reform might mean in practice. Both those who want the UN to play a greater… …   Wikipedia