Sentences with phrase «british constitutional convention»

[7] In accordance with British constitutional convention, specifically that of parliamentary sovereignty, ratification in the UK was not subject to approval by referendum.

In a letter posted on the Lib Dem website, Mr Clegg calls on Gordon Brown and David Cameron to cooperate on an independent British Constitutional Convention.

Setting out his plans for a British Constitutional Convention, Mr Clegg said: «It would examine the role and powers of parliament and ministers; the way in which parliament is elected and held to account; the relationships between the nations of the United Kingdom; the concentration of power in Whitehall; and the need to strengthen basic individual rights and liberties against the abuse of state power.»

Not exact matches

When the nation was established as a democratic republic, the people of the former English colonies, acting in their various constitutional conventions, transferred all governing power to their states and to the federal government, reserving for themselves only certain rights and powers they previously claimed to enjoy as subjects of the British Crown.

The constitutional change agenda gained momentum after the 1997 Labour landslide, when important changes were passed, like devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and the Human Rights Act that incorporated the European Convention on Human Rights into British law.

A British «constitutional convention» would presumably adopt (or suggest to a national referendum the adoption of) a truly written constitution specifying the ways that a clearly «federalized» country will operate in the future.

I certainly do not have the professional expertise (or the «standing») to offer any useful comments about the likely shape of a British «constitutional convention,» as interested as I am in following the debate now taking place.

The Lib Dems would also seek to establish a constitutional convention, but theirs would take input from political parties, academic and civil society groups, as well as the British public, and aim to draw up a full constitution for a federal UK.

A concern that a new settlement will be a stitch - up amongst the major political parties and the vibrancy of the referendum campaign in Scotland have energised campaigners to call for a convention that is either constituted fully by randomly - selected citizens (as with the British Columbia Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform) or one that is a mix of randomly - selected citizens and participants appointed by political parties (as with the Irish Constitutional Coconvention that is either constituted fully by randomly - selected citizens (as with the British Columbia Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform) or one that is a mix of randomly - selected citizens and participants appointed by political parties (as with the Irish Constitutional ConventionConvention).

Four previous examples of constitutional conventions / citizens» assemblies were then evaluated against these criteria as options the UK could draw upon in the process of designing its own: Scotland (late 1980s), Iceland (2011), Canada (British Columbia 2004 and Ontario 2006) and Ireland (2012 - 14).

«That is why I have asked Gordon Brown and David Cameron to join me in a constitutional convention so we can begin to deliver the change that the British people deserve.»

Among her other writings were Privy Council, Cabinet, and Ministry in Britain and Canada: A Story of Confusion, Attitudes in the Philadelphia Convention towards the British System of Government, Constitutional law — citing Canada's Constitution — problems and proposed solutions; If the queen were to abdicate: procedure under Canada's constitution; Ontario's courts, 1867 - 1987: conflicts and confusion; Parliament, the Executive and the Governor - General; Parliamentary privilege in Canada; Robert's Rules of Order: editions, reprints, and competitors; The Canada Act 1982 — some facts and comments; The Judiciary in Canada: the Third Branch of Government, and Defining Constitution of the Province — The Crux of the Manitoba Language Controversy.

In reality, there was an amending formula — the Canadian constitution could be amended by the Imperial (i.e. British) Parliament, which in accordance with a «constitutional position» (i.e. convention) recognized by the Preamble of the Statute of Westminster, 1931, would only act on address of the Canadian Parliament, which, in accordance with a further convention of which the Supreme Court recognized the existence in the Patriation Reference, could only make such an address with «substantial provincial consent.»