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26 Aug 2010

This Research Paper sets out the Government’s proposals for fixed term parliaments and the background to them. It sets out the main provisions of the Bill. It then considers the key issues raised by the Bill including the length of parliaments, the super-majority which will be required for early dissolutions, and defining votes of no-confidence in legislation.

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Author Lucinda Maer, Richard Kelly, Oonagh Gay, Isobel White, Gavin Berman
Series UK House of Commons Library Research Papers
Issue 54
Publisher House of Commons Library
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