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- noun Plural form of
parliament .
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Examples
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A little more context: the global average of women in parliaments is 17% so like in a lot of things the US (16%) is just below average.
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All that talk about bringing power back home to the local parliaments is great.
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The fixed-term parliaments bill prevents fracturing by ensuring neither partner can threaten the other with an early election.
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Straw feels however, that the use of three parliaments is needed to obtain the 80%-100% elected chamber.
12 year delay for Lord reforms! You’ve had 12 years!… « My Liberal Democrat Political Ramblings… 2009
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Straw feels however, that the use of three parliaments is needed to obtain the 80%-100% elected chamber.
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They will have to get a move on – the fixed term parliaments bill, setting the date of the next election as 7 May 2015, has already reached its Lords' report stage.
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That commitment is not just to tougher expenses rules but to a national debate in a referendum on the electoral system, to fixed-term parliaments, to an elected House of Lords, and to a much more powerful role for backbenchers in the Commons.
The new politics is pragmatic Shirley Williams 2010
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Former Labour lord chancellor Lord Falconer said he backed the idea of fixed-term parliaments, but warned the present proposals risked leaving an impotent "zombie" government in power.
Backbenchers gear up for first rebellion over 55% Commons plan 2010
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The ex-Lib Dem MP David Howarth, who developed party policy on fixed-term parliaments, says there are no plans to change rules on no-confidence.
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Fixed term parliaments are an important rebalancing of power from the executive to parliament.
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