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	Parliament - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The British Parliament is often referred to as the "Mother of Parliaments," (in fact a misquotation of John Bright, who remarked in 1865 that "England is the Mother of Parliaments") because the English Parliament has been the model for most other parliamentary systems, and its Acts have created many other parliaments.
		The first English Parliament was formed during the reign of King Henry III in the 13th century.
		In the United Kingdom, Parliament consists of the House of Commons, the House of Lords, and the Monarch.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Parliament (613 words)

	PARLIAMENT FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The British Parliament is often referred to as the "Mother of Parliaments," (in fact a misquotation of John Bright, who remarked in 1865 that "England is the Mother of Parliaments") because the English Parliament has been the model for most other parliamentary systems, and its Act s have created many other parliaments.
		The first English Parliament was formed during the reign of King Henry III in the 13th_century.
		In the United Kingdom, Parliament consists of the House of Commons, the House_of_Lords, and the Monarch.
	www.flowergods.com /nn:parliament (583 words)

	Houses of Parliament Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Parliament of the United KingdomBritish Parliament is traditionally referred to as the "Mother of Parliaments" because it has been the model for most other parliamentary systems, and its Act of ParliamentAct s have created many other parliaments.
		The first English Parliament was formed during the reign of Henry III of EnglandKing Henry III in the 13th century.
		In the United Kingdom, Parliament consists of the British House of CommonsHouse of Commons, the House of Lords, and the Monarch.
	www.echostatic.com /index.php?title=Houses_of_Parliament (634 words)

	Parliament - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The name is derived from the French parlement, the action of parler (to speak) : a parlement is a talk, a discussion, hence a meeting (an assembly, a court) where people discuss matters.
		The British Parliament is traditionally referred to as the "Mother of Parliaments" because it has been the model for most other parliamentary systems, and its Acts have created many other parliaments.
		Most countries in Europe and the Commonwealth have similarly organized parliaments with a largely ceremonial Head of State who formally opens and closes parliament, a large elected lower house (usually called the "House of Represenatives") and a smaller, upper house.
	www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Parliament (640 words)

	CONK! Encyclopedia: United_Kingdom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Parliament is the national legislature of the United Kingdom.
		The constitution is based on the principle that Parliament is the ultimate sovereign body in the country and on the rule of law.
		In 1999, the Scottish Parliament and the National Assembly for Wales were established, the former having primary legislative power.
	www.conk.com /search/encyclopedia.cgi?q=United_Kingdom (4243 words)

	Articles - Parliament of Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Irish Parliament was originially founded in the 13th century to represent the English community in the Lordship of Ireland.
		In 1494, the Parliament encouraged the passing of Poyning's Law which subordinated the Irish Parliament to the English one, so that the Irish Parliament could not be bullied by the powerful landed families in Ireland like the Earl of Kildare into passing laws that pursued the agendas of the different dynastic factions in the country.
		In the early 18th century it successfully lobied for Parliament to be called every two years (as opposed to on the whim of the monarch) and shortly thereafter, it declared itself to be in session permanently (mirroring developments in the English Parliament).
	www.poncier.com /articles/Parliament_of_Ireland (1467 words)

	Parliament (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Parliament - a title used for certain legislatures.
		Parliament - collective noun for a group of owls.
		This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Parliament_(disambiguation) (107 words)

	Italy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The 1948 constitution established a bicameral parliament (Parlamento), consisting of a Chamber of Deputies (Camera dei Deputati) and a Senate (Senato della Repubblica), a separate judiciary, and an executive branch composed of a Council of Ministers (cabinet), headed by the president of the council (prime minister).
		The president of the republic is elected for 7 years by the parliament sitting jointly with a small number of regional delegates.
		Under 1993 legislation, Italy has single-member districts for 75% of the seats in parliament; the remaining 25% of seats are allotted on a proportional basis.
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/i/it/italy_1.html (1379 words)

	United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		By constitutional convention, Ministers of State are chosen largely from among members of the Commons with a small number chosen from the mainly appointed upper house, the House of Lords.
		An Act of Parliament does not become law until it has been signed by the Queen (been given royal assent), although no monarch has refused to give royal assent to a bill that has been approved by Parliament since Queen Anne did so in 1708.
		Parliament is bicameral, composed of the 646-member elected House of Commons and the mainly appointed House of Lords.
	www.lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/United_Kingdom (4224 words)

	Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In 1707, the Scottish and English Parliaments signed the Treaty of Union, which was deeply unpopular in Scotland, as it had been negotiating from a position of economic weakness and suffering from English tariffs.
		Whereas the old Scottish Parliament had functioned as the full parliament of a sovereign state, the new parliament governs the country only on domestic matters, the United Kingdom Parliament having retained responsibility for Scotland's defence, international relations and certain other areas.
		It is routinely argued that Lowland Scots developed from the Northumbrian form of Anglo-Saxon, spoken in Bernicia which, in the 6th century, conquered the Brythonic kingdom of Gododdin (modern-day Lothian) and renamed its capital, Dunedin to Edinburgh.
	www.sevenhills.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Scotland (4314 words)

	Privy Council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The remaining house of Parliament, the House of Commons, instituted a Council of State to execute laws and to direct administrative policy.
		At the beginning of each new Parliament, members of the House of Commons who are Privy Counsellors may take the oath of allegiance before all other members except the Speaker and the Father of the House (the most senior member of the House).
		The other three are: the courts of law, the commune concilium (common council, or Parliament) and the (great council, or the assembly of all the peers of the Realm).
	www.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Privy_council (2235 words)

	Estonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Estonia is a constitutional democracy, with a president elected by its unicameral parliament (elections every five years).
		The government or the executive branch is formed by the prime minister, nominated by the president, and a total of 14 ministers.
		The supreme judiciary court is the National Court or Riigikohus, with 17 justices whose chairman is appointed by the parliament for life on nomination by the president.
	www.sevenhills.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Estonia (1285 words)

	The Ultimate Member of Parliament - American History Information Guide and Reference
		A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament ; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house.
		In New Zealand Member of Parliament is the term for a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives, although parliament technically consists of both the House and the Queen.
		The British Parliament is divided into the House of Commons and the House of Lords ; though it is often assumed that an MP is a member of Commons, they can be a member of either house.
	www.historymania.com /american_history/MP (588 words)

	UNITED KINGDOM FACTS AND INFORMATION
		The United Kingdom was formed by Acts of Union which united the Kingdom_of_England (which included Wales as a principality) with the Kingdom_of_Scotland and later the Kingdom_of_Ireland as a single state under the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
		The constitution is based on the principle that Parliament is the ultimate sovereign body in the country and on the rule_of_law.
		Because of the doctrine of Parliamentary_sovereignty, all the devolved assemblies and parliaments could be legally abolished by Parliament, but this is unlikely to happen.
	www.flowergods.com /United_Kingdom (3902 words)

	Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Scots developed from the Anglian spoken in the Northumbrian kingdom of Bernicia, which in the 6th century conquered the Brythonic kingdom of Gododdin and renamed its capital of Dunedin to Edinburgh.
		Implementing the treaty involved dissolving both the English and the Scottish Parliaments, and transferring all their powers to a new Parliament in London which then became the United Kingdom Parliament.
		Whereas the old Scottish parliament had functioned as a full national parliament of a sovereign state, the new parliament governs the country only on domestic matters, the United Kingdom Parliament having retained responsibility for Scotland's defence, international relations and certain other areas.
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/s/sc/scotland.html (2694 words)

	UK [Definition] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Each year, normally in November, on the occasion of the State Opening of Parliament, the monarch officially opens Parliament The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty).
		Parliament The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty).
		Furthermore, the House of Lords Act 1999 The House of Lords Act 1999, an Act of Parliament passed by the British Parliament, was a major constitutional enactment as it completely reformed one of the chambers of Parliament, the House of Lords.
	www.wikimirror.com /UK (14553 words)

	United Kingdom. Everything you wanted to know about United Kingdom but had no clue how to find it.. Learn about United ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		parliament in 1999 and in the same year, devolved assemblies were created in
		Parliament, and makes a speech announcing what the government plans to do during the next year.
		There is some debate, both popular and academic, as to whether the Cornish could be considered a constituent peoples of the UK and possibly a Nation.
	encyclopedia.lockergnome.com /s/b/UK (3933 words)

	Big Ben [Definition] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Big Ben is the colloquial name of the Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster The Palace of Westminster, on the banks of the River Thames in Westminster, London, is the home of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, which form the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
		It replaced the 55-metre Victoria Tower, burned in the 1916 Parliament Hill fire; the current tower is 92.2 metres tall....
		According to Section 17 of the Constitution Act, 1867, Parliament consists of three components: the Sovereign, the Senate, and the House of Commons.
	www.wikimirror.com /Big_Ben (5619 words)

	Assembly article - Assembly politics parliament Legislative Assembly United Nations General - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		in politics, any body meeting together to discuss matters, a parliament or a legislative assembly such as the French revolutionary Legislative Assembly, or a body more designed to mediate between otherwise independent bodies, such as the United Nations General Assembly.
		This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
		If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the appropriate specific page.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Assembly (178 words)

	Ottawa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Some of the notable buildings in Ottawa include the Parliament Buildings, where Canada's government resides; 24 Sussex Drive, the home of the Prime Minister of Canada ; and Rideau Hall, the home of the Governor-General of Canada.
		The original Parliament Buildings in Ottawa were burned down on February 3, 1916.
		In 2001, the city of Ottawa was amalgamated with the suburbs of Nepean, Kanata, Gloucester, Rockcliffe Park, Vanier and Cumberland, and the rural townships of West Carleton, Osgoode, Rideau and Goulbourn, to become one municipality.
	www.theezine.net /o/ottawa.html (705 words)

	Canberra biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Canberra has many national monuments and institutions such as Government House, Parliament House, the High Court of Australia, the Australian War Memorial, the National Gallery of Australia, Telstra Tower, the Royal Australian Mint the National Library of Australia and the National Museum of Australia.
		In addition, there is an infrastructural axis stretching from the Federal Parliament House on Capital Hill to the seat of territorial government on City Hill, and a second one that stretches from Parliament House to Russell Offices and Duntroon.
		On 9 May 1988, a new larger and permanent Parliament House was opened on Capital Hill (formerly Kurrajong Hill) in State Circle, Parkes as part of Australia's bicentenary celebrations, and the Federal Parliament moved there from Old Parliament House.
	canberra.biography.ms (3941 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It is seeking membership of NATO and Estonia opened accession negotiations with European Union in 1998 and is planning to join in 2004.
		The government or the executive branch is formed by the prime minister, nominated by the president, and a total of 15 ministers.
		Legislative power lies with the unicameral parliament, the Riigikogu or State Assembly, which holds 101 seats.
	www.informationgenius.com /encyclopedia/e/es/estonia.html (665 words)

	Articles - Whitehall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It is the main artery running north from Parliament Square, center of national government, towards Trafalgar Square, arguably the heart of London for its residents and tourists.
		The two streets cover a combined distance of a little less than a mile and the boundary between the two is marked by a road sign outside the Foreign Office.
		Whitehall was originally a wide road that ran up to the front of the palace, while Parliament Street was a small side road alongside the palace leading to the Houses of Parliament.
	www.1-helmets.com /articles/Whitehall (579 words)

	Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		On March 26 1707 the Scottish and English parliaments merged form the Kingdom of Great Britain which eventually became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern though some aspects notably Scotland's legal did remain separate.
		Whereas the old Scottish parliament had as a full national parliament of a sovereign state the new parliament governs the only on domestic matters the United Kingdom Parliament having retained responsibility for Scotland's defence relations and certain other areas.
		The traditional political divides of left and right have also intersected with arguments over which all the UK-wide parties have supported some degree throughout their history (although both and the Conservatives have swithered a number times between supporting and opposing it).
	www.freeglossary.com /Scotland (2809 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In 1999, almost 300 years after its dissolution, the people of Scotland chose to reconvene the nation's parliament, as re-established by the UK Government under the Scotland Act 1998.
		Lowland Scots developed from the Anglian spoken in the Northumbria n kingdom of Bernicia, which in the 6th century conquered the Brythonic kingdom of Gododdin and renamed its capital of Dunedin to Edinburgh.
		Implementing the treaty involved dissolving both the English and the Scottish Parliament s, and transferring all their powers to a new Parliament sitting in London which then became the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
	pardus.info /index.php?title=Scotland (3595 words)

	New Democratic Party - free-definition
		Broadbent stepped down after 15 years as federal leader of the NDP in 1989, although he has recently returned from retirement, and won election to Parliament in the riding of Ottawa -Centre in the 2004 Canadian election.
		Under the leadership of Audrey McLaughlin -- the first woman to be leader of a national political party in Parliament -- and Alexa McDonough, the party underwent a decline.
		With a Liberal minority government now expected, the NDP may play an important role in getting legislation passed, particularly instituting electoral reform with proportional representation, a proposal which enjoys support from all the opposition parties.
	www.netlexikon.akademie.de /NDP.html (1431 words)

	Articles - Whitehall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Along its way it is lined by many government ministries; "Whitehall" is therefore also frequently used as a metonymy for governmental administration, as well as being a geographic name for the surrounding neighborhood.
		South of Parliament Square the road, continuing, takes on several names in quick succession until finally becoming Millbank.
		The two roads are all but indistinguishable on the ground, with their only distinction being a sign indicating where one begins and the other ends.
	www.outship.com /articles/Whitehall (584 words)

	Ottawa - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Ottawa urban area extends for considerable distance to the east, west and south of the centre, and includes the former cities of Gloucester and Nepean.
		The original Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa burned down on February 3, 1916.
		The dramatic rear view of Parliament Hill, with the Library of Parliament perched atop the deep gorge of the Ottawa River.
	www.free-definition.com /Ottawa.html (1517 words)

	Articles - Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The union merged both kingdoms, creating the Kingdom of Great Britain, with a new single Parliament sitting in Westminster, London, but most aspects of Scotland's institutions, notably the country's legal system, remained separate.
		The Scottish Parliament recognises both English and Gaelic as official languages of Scotland, both receiving equal respect although not equal validity.
		Recent trends indicate, according to the State of the Nation Poll 2004, that 66% of Scots would like the Scottish Parliament to have more powers, while only 25% would like to see the powers returned to Westminster.
	oldion.com /articles/Scotland (5028 words)

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