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Parliamentary Affairs Advance Access originally published online on September 18, 2006
Parliamentary Affairs 2006 59(4):694-702; doi:10.1093/pa/gsl042
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© The Author [2006]. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Hansard Society for Parliamentary Government; all rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Parliament and Government, 2005–06: Reforms and Reflections

Richard Whitaker1

Lecturer in European politics at the University of Leicester.

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THE role of parliament vis-à-vis the government has come under persistent discussion as we approach the final months of the 2005–06 session. The House of Lords has continued to inflict defeats on the government, with the current total exceeding the average per session between 1999–2000 and 2004–05. Parliamentary pressure has been evident in the changes to the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill as well as through the Modernisation committee’s investigation into the legislative process at Westminster. The government’s proposals to alter the relationship between Westminster and the National Assembly for Wales (NAW) have made their way through the legislative process and not without opposition. The most controversial aspect of the plans turned out to be the proposal to prevent candidates for the NAW from standing for election in constituencies as well as on party lists. But the legislation will also separate out the Welsh Assembly Government from the assembly itself . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   The legislative process at Westminster
 

   The Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill
 

   Conclusion: ascendant assemblies?
 

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