Parliament

The Ethical Cosmetics Bill 2016 was introduced in Parliament on February 29 by its sponsoring Member of Parliament; Clare O’Neil. This Private Bill amends the Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989 in order to effectively terminate, and create offences against the importation, manufacture and trade of cosmetics tested on live animals within Australia. This Bill has been actively backed by Labor Party’s Deputy Leader and MP for Sydney; Tanya Pilbersek as well as O’Neil’s…

constitution are in fact written down, much of it in the laws passed in parliament, otherwise known as statute law. There are many principles involved in the British constitution however one of the main and perhaps the most important of the principles surrounding it is parliamentary sovereignty which I will be discussing in this document. First of what is parliamentary sovereignty? The sovereignty of parliament – parliament and only parliament get to make laws and no one else. As dicey stated…

– why is it that people vote for the SNP? Forming in 1934 and seeing very little success in the following years: the SNP first started to make an impact in 1967 in taking its first by-election, then in 1974 with its election of 11 MPs to the UK parliament - which saw the SNPs first successes in having the prospect of devolution and even independence pushed into the…

believe that even with the understanding that the EU will obtain some state sovereignty, the degree which they have imposed on nation-states control of their country is rather large. Having EU law take precedence over state la, infringes apron states parliaments. Moreover, even if the European Project is seen a framework for pooled sovereignty, this still shows that individual states are at a loss of power. Instead of being able to act independently, each state much considers their neighbors.…

the Scottish parliament. Essentially this puts forward the view that Scotland is best placed to make decisions for Scotland, therefore decisions should be taken closer to home (Leach, Coxall and Robins, 2011). During the referendum…

national strategies responsibilities to achieve a better representation of their citizens, and at the same time, keep guarantying a European sphere coordination. The European Union is a sum of its institutions: the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Council of Ministers and the European Council. In this institutional structure, there is hardly anything that can suggest the appearance of a single European State since, the authority remains in the governments and national…

In 1707, The Act of Union forged the nation of Great Britain. This joined the English and Scottish Parliaments into the British Parliament centered in London. The Union promised Scots unhindered access to English markets and colonies. The possibility of economic benefit through trade was a significant pro-union sentiment, expressed best by a Commissioner of Scottish Parliament: This nation is behind all other nations of Europe, for many years, with respect to the effects of an extended trade.…

of transparency and accountability, decision making that does not involve everyone and the usual issue of blocking citizens from participation in the policy making. In relation to the European Union , David Marquand (1979) argue that the European Parliament had the issue of democratic deficit as the citizens of Europe did not directly elect it, further more in relation to the European Union this deficit is seen as the lack of presentation to the ordinary citizen and lack of accountability…

tried to enter Parliament, with one wearing a Ku Klux Klan mask, one wearing a motorcycle helmet and the other wearing a burqa. Before entering Parliament, the men wearing the motorcycle helmet and Ku Klux Klan mask were asked to remove it, but the person in the burqa was allowed to keep it on. Furthermore, when the man wearing the Ku Klux Klan mask took of his mask, he revealed a burqa underneath and stated, “So I guess this is the time to say that I'm now allowed into Parliament House?”…

Another function for the parliament is to make approval on the EU in alliance with the Council . For the European Council, despite the fact that it is not the main role without any new power, the Lisbon Treaty still recognizes it as an EU institution. After the Treaty was enforced…