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Bill: Reduction of the Size of the House of Commons Bill 2720
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Party - Republican Democrats
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill asks for an amendement to the Constitution. It will require two-thirds of the legislature to vote in favor. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: November 2720
Description[?]:
| This bill curbs the excessive size of our House of Commons and sets the new membership at an uneven number to reduce the likelihood of hung parliaments. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 750
Current: 700
Proposed: 299
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:31:01, March 04, 2009 CET | From | Green Party of Aldegar | To | Debating the Reduction of the Size of the House of Commons Bill 2720 |
| Message | The current number puts around 445,000 people represented per MP, whilst reducing the size of the House to 299 would make the representation rate to 1.1 million people per MP. Whilst on the one hand the Green Party supports greater representation in direct democracy, we also realise that the House of Commons at present has too many members, thus making debates ineffective and procedures time consuming. The Green Party will be abstaining on this bill, but will give our support if the reduction is not so drastic, perhaps to around 500-600 MPs. |
| Date | 21:34:44, March 04, 2009 CET | From | People's Party - Republican Democrats | To | Debating the Reduction of the Size of the House of Commons Bill 2720 |
| Message | We will think about another proposal to bring before the House once the vote for this is over. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 82 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 211 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 457 |
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| Random quote: "How many legs does a dog have if you call its tail a leg? Four. Calling a dog's tail a leg does not make it a leg." - Abraham Lincoln |