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| Thread ID: 85326 | 2007-12-06 22:34:00 | MP's not getting re-elected to parliament | lance4k (4644) | PC World Chat |
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| 618521 | 2007-12-06 22:34:00 | If an MP who introduces a private member's bill into parliament this year, does not get re-elected into parliament at next years election,what happens to their private members bill? Does it go out the door aswell? and does another MP have an option to transfer the private members bill to them from the MP who didn't get re-elected into parliament? | lance4k (4644) | ||
| 618522 | 2007-12-06 23:00:00 | If an MP who introduces a private member's bill into parliament this year, does not get re-elected into parliament at next years election,what happens to their private members bill? Does it go out the door aswell? and does another MP have an option to transfer the private members bill to them from the MP who didn't get re-elected into parliament? Any Member of Parliament may introduce a private Bill. The Bill will sit and wait until a draw. When the Bill is drawn it will be voted on. Hopefully it will go through due process. As we now have an MMP system and list members are Members of Parliament for the time being then it would appear that this would depend on how the party create the list. For example:- If Helen was voted out of her electorate by the majority in that electorate and was listed 1 in the Labour Party then Helen would possibly get back as prime minister. Some MPs get re-elected by the people. Some MPs get elected by the Party. What do you mean by re-elected? |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 618523 | 2007-12-07 00:35:00 | If an MP who introduces a private member's bill into parliament this year, does not get re-elected into parliament at next years election,what happens to their private members bill? Does it go out the door aswell? and does another MP have an option to transfer the private members bill to them from the MP who didn't get re-elected into parliament? I think the short answer to your question is yes. I am pretty sure that another MP can take over the bill, but I will check for you. |
John H (8) | ||
| 618524 | 2007-12-07 03:58:00 | If they are out, they are now more Private, but less Member, so some country member who is a bit more public and not so dismembered might have to re-cycle the Bill. :confused: (Of course, it might have to be re-done in smaller words, more pictures and bigger print.) At that stage it becomes less of a Bill and more of a gentle reminder. :waughh: |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 618525 | 2007-12-07 06:30:00 | Well, I haven't been able to find anything in my resources about the lapsing of a private member's bill in the NZ parliamentary system. All I can find is that in the British parliament any pending Private Members' Bills lapse at the end of each parliamentary session. So the bill lapses because it has not been passed by the end of the parliamentary session rather than because the member who is sponsoring the bill loses their seat. If I can find anything more definitive I will get back to you, but this is the best I can come up with thus far. I seem to recall that the Adult Adoption Information Bill was initiated by Jonathon Hunt (the only useful thing he did in what felt like centuries of interminably boring public life that has been hideously expensive to the taxpayer), but was later taken up by another MP - I think it survived across more than one parliamentary session, so I am a bit puzzled. |
John H (8) | ||
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