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Bill: Increase Storting Seats

Details

Submitted by[?]: De Nasjonale Konservative {S}

Status[?]: passed

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: February 4487

Description[?]:

This is mainly for IC RP reasons, as established the Storting will receive an increase of seats to 535, since it's divided in 2 Chambers;

Lagting (Upper House) whose members represent the Fylke/States + 100 seats with each Fylke contributing 20 seats each and the electoral system is First-past-the-post system.

Then we got the Odelsting (Lower House) whose members represent the people and the electoral system is Party-list proportional representation.

Considering we're a Federal country, it would be weird not to have an Upper House as it's also the norm

Proposals

Debate

These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:

Date10:39:11, November 17, 2018 CET
FromDe Nasjonale Konservative {S}
ToDebating the Increase Storting Seats
MessageOOC: From a comparative governmental perspective, the Lagting exhibits distinctive characteristics. Unlike upper Houses in other "Westminster" system governments, the Lagting is not a vestigial body with limited legislative power. Rather it was intended to play – and does play – an active role in legislation. Rather than being modelled solely after a House of Lords, the Kazulian Lagting was in part modelled after the Baltusian Senate, by giving equal representation to each state and equal powers. The Constitution intended to give less populous states added voice in theStorting, while also providing for the revising role of an upper house in the "Westminster" system.

Although the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, by convention, are members of the Odelsting, other members of the Cabinet may come from either house, and the two Houses have almost equal legislative power. As with most upper chambers in bicameral parliaments, the Lagting cannot introduce or amend appropriation bills (bills that authorise government expenditure of public revenue) or bills that impose taxation, that role being reserved for the lower house; it can only approve, reject or defer them. That degree of equality between the Lagting and Odelsting reflects the desire of the Constitution's authors to address smaller states' desire for strong powers for the Lagting as a way of ensuring that the interests of more populous states as represented in the Odelsting did not totally dominate the government.

In practice, however, most legislation (except for private member's bills) in the Kazulian Storting is initiated by the Government, which has control over the lower house. It is then passed to the Lagting, which has the opportunity to amend the bill, pass or reject it. In the majority of cases, voting takes place along party lines, although there are occasional conscience votes.

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Voting

Vote Seats
yes
     

Total Seats: 435

no

    Total Seats: 0

    abstain

      Total Seats: 0


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