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This day six months: The day that never comes
A curious procedure used in Wesminister parliaments is the so-called ‘six months’ (or ‘three months’) amendment, which provides a method for opposing a reading of a bill by moving an amendment to the motion (e.g. ‘That the bill be now read a second time’) to… »
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The curious history of the previous question
While parliamentary procedure is generally very similar between American and British/Commonwealth parliaments and meetings, one curious difference arises in the notion of the ‘previous question’. While such a notion exists both sides of the Atlantic, everything from the form to the function appears to be… »