Download or read book Recall of MPs draft bill written by Great Britain: Cabinet Office and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2011-12-13 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The public will be given the right to recall their local MP if they are found to have engaged in serious wrongdoing under proposals announced in "Recall of MPs Draft Bill " ( ISBN 9780101824125, Cm.8241) published today. The proposals fulfil a commitment made in the Programme for Government as part of the political reform agenda. In the draft Bill, the Government is proposing to introduce a power of recall, allowing voters to force a by-election having had a petition signed by 10% of his or her constituents. At the last general election the manifestos of all three of the main parties included a commitment to establish a recall mechanism. The draft Bill is being published for pre-legislative scrutiny and sets out two triggers for a recall petition: firstly where an MP is convicted in the UK of an offence and receives a custodial sentence of 12 months or less, and secondly where the House of Commons resolves, through a vote by MPs, that a recall petition should be opened. The first trigger will close a gap in the existing legislation whereby MPs are only disqualified if they receive a custodial sentence of more than 12 months. The second trigger is an additional disciplinary power for the House of Commons, which for the first time allows constituents to have their say in deciding whether their MP should stay in office. The petition will be administered by the local returning officer and will be open for a period of 8 weeks. If 10% of eligible constituents sign the petition, the MP's seat will be vacated and a by-election will be held.
Download or read book The Recall of MPs Act 2015 Recall Petition Regulations 2015 written by Great Britain and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enabling power: Recall of MPs Act 2015, ss. 8 (1) (2), 9 (5), 18 (1). Issued: 10.11.2015. Made: -. Laid: -. Coming into force: In accord. with reg. 1. Effect: 2015 c.25 modified & amended. Territorial extent & classification: E/W/S/NI. For approval by resolution of each House of Parliament
Download or read book The Politics of Recall Elections written by Yanina Welp and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-02-27 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume presents the first comprehensive analysis of recall processes which have spread globally since the end of the Cold War, and which are now re-configuring the political dynamics of electoral democracy. Drawing on the expertise of country experts, the book provides a coherent and theoretically informed framework for mapping and evaluating this fast-evolving phenomenon. While the existing literature on the subject has so far focused on isolated single-country studies, the collection brings recall experiments to centre stage as it relates them to current crises in the traditional variants of representative democracy. It explains why the spread of recall innovations is set to continue, and to pass a threshold from inattention to urgent engagement. The authors further provide original insights into the rationale for recall, as well as guidance on minimising the accompanying risks.
Download or read book Recall of MPs written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Political and Constitutional Reform Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2012-06-28 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Government published a draft Bill on the Recall of MPs, with the aim of restoring faith in the political process after the expenses scandal. But the restricted form of recall proposed could reduce public confidence in politics by creating expectations that are not fulfilled. Under the Government's proposals, constituents themselves would not be able to initiate a recall petition. Furthermore, the circumstances that the Government proposes would trigger a recall petition are so narrow that recall petitions would seldom, if ever, take place. The Committee believes that the new House of Commons Committee on Standards, which will include lay members, already has the sanctions it needs to deal with MPs who are guilty of misconduct, including recommending the ultimate sanction of expulsion from the House of Commons in cases of serious wrongdoing. The Committee argues that the option of expulsion must be actively considered and that the House must be prepared to act. The Committee recommends: that the Government replace the requirement for a single designated location for signing the recall petition with a requirement for multiple locations; that people with an existing postal vote should automatically be sent a postal signature sheet in the event of a recall petition; that constituents in Northern Ireland should have the same options for signing a recall petition as constituents elsewhere in the UK, rather than being restricted to signing by post
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Download or read book The Recall of MPs Act 2015 Recall Petition Regulations 2016 written by Great Britain and published by . This book was released on 2016-03-10 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enabling power: Recall of MPs Act 2015, ss. 8 (1) (2), 9 (5), 18 (1), sch. 5, para. 9 (1) (c) (ii) & Welsh Language Act 1993, s. 26 (2). Issued: 10.03.2016. Made: 03.03.2016. Laid: -. Coming into force: In accord. with reg. 1. Effect: 1993 c.2; S.I. 1960/543 amended. Territorial extent & classification: E/W/S/NI. General. Supersedes S.I. draft (ISBN 9780111141991) issued 18/12/15
Download or read book Recall of MPs Act 2015 written by Great Britain and published by . This book was released on 2015-04-02 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Royal Assent, 26th March 2015. An Act to make provision about the recall of members of the House of Commons. Explanatory notes to assist in the understanding of the Act are available separately (ISBN 9780105600145)
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