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Summary 04a. Composition and Meeting of Parliament
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- Public Law
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- Kings College London (KCL)
Public Law Module (First Year Law)
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BEK Chapter 9 – Composition and Meeting of ParliamentA Composition of Parliament
House of Commons
o Representation of the People Act 1983
Hirst v United Kingdom (No 2) [2005] ECHR 681
R (Chester) v Lord President [2013] UKSC
o Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013
o Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1996
o Parliamentary Voting Systems and Constituencies Act 2011
o Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000
Contributions to political parties
National spending limits
Electoral Commission
o Communications Act 2003
o Bowman v United Kingdom (1998) 26 EHRR 1
o R v Jones (1999) 2 Cr App R 253
o R v Radio Authority, ex parte Bull [1997] 2 All ER 561
o R (Pro-Life Alliance) v BBC [2003] UKHL 23
o Animal Defenders International v United Kingdom [2013] ECHR 362
o Electoral Reform – Electoral Systems
European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999
(Closed party lists)
Scotland Act 1998
(Additional member system)
Northern Ireland Act 1998
(single transferable vote)
Greater London Authority Act 1999
(supplementary vote)
Parliamentary Voting Systems and Constituencies Act 2011
(alternative vote)
House of Lords
o Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876/Constitutional Reform Act 2005
o Life Peerages Act 1958
House of Lords Appointments Commission
‘Cash for Honours’ Affair
o House of Lords Act 1999
Earl Grey’s Motion [2000) SC (HL 46
House of Lords Reform – elected, nominated or mixed?
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