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Following a number of experimental changes to the House of Commons' sitting hours, on 11 January 2005 the Modernisation Committee published a report which reviewed the experiments and outlined its recommendations for sitting hours. This Note looks at these recommendations and the Houses response to them.
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By-election results 2001-05. House of Commons Library Research Paper 05/34
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This note reviews developments in the debate on the reform of the House of Lords since the publication of the Government's consultation paper, Constitutional reform: next steps for the House of Lords.
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This note describes the background to this Bill which had its second reading on 16 December 2004.
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The Constitutional Reform Bill (HL) - a Supreme Court for the United Kingdom and judicial appointments (Bill 18 of 2004/05). House of Commons Library Research Paper 05/06.
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The Constitutional Reform Bill (HL) - the office of Lord Chancellor (Bill 18 of 2004/05). House of Commons Library Research Paper 05/05.
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This note summarises how the project for building a new Scottish Parliament progressed from the initial discussion stages in May 1997 to its completion and royal opening in October 2004. The accounts are based on the sequel of events set out in Lord Fraser's Holyrood Inquiry.
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Freedom of Information implementation. House of Commons Library Research Paper 04/84.
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The collective responsibility of ministers - an outline of the issues. House of Commons Library Research Paper 04/82.
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The Hunting Bill 2003/4 and the Parliament Act. By Elena Ares and Richard Kelly. SN/SC/3181.
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This note examines the history of disqualification provisions applicable to Members of the House of Commons.
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This note reviews the publication arrangements of the report of the Hutton Inquiry, and how the report was considered in the House of Commons. By way of comparison, it reviews the responses to a selection of inquiries in the House of Commons. It provides some detail on the Scott report, including calls for a debate on a substantive motion, rather than on a motion for the adjournment. For the other inquiries, it details how the inquiry report was presented to the House of Commons.
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This paper has been superseded by Research Paper 12/43, UK Election Statistics: 1918-2012.
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The electoral performance of far-right parties in the UK. By Jessica Yonwin. SN/SG/1982.
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This paper lists the draft bills which were published during each session of the 1997 to 2001 Parliament.
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