Sentences with phrase «directly elected house»

A bicameral parliament (House of Representative and Senate)(in 2014 this will be a directly elected house and an indirectly appointed Senate of the regions)

The coalition is also proposing measures to reduce the size of the House of Commons, to directly elect the House of Lords and to strengthen localism.

Not exact matches

If you look at the way the federal government is chosen you see that the House of Representatives is the closest to the people, each seat being elected directly by the people every two years.

The Eerste Kamer (Upper House) are not elected directly by the people, but they are elected by the members of the provincial parliaments.

A straight forward solution to the problems that you highlight would be to change the US government from having a nearly directly elected president to a single chamber parliamentary system based on the House of Representatives.

Just seven of the 50 current governors have previously served in the House, and only five of those were elected directly from the House without holding a statewide office or another job in the interim period.

The directly - elected metro mayors are responsible for setting out a strategy for growing the city region economy, and will have certain powers over issues such as housing, transport and skills.

Voters directly elect members of the House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, and also directly elect members of the electoral college who in turn elect the U.S....

Further improvements to «transitional» appointed House; directly elected second chamber; federal second chamber to represent nations and regions

The question of whether the upper house of the parliament should be abolished is gaining traction, with some people calling for a directly elected senate to address what they see as cronyism.

He pointed out that the House of Commons «is the largest directly elected chamber in the European Union».

London has a city - regional government in the Greater London Authority, comprised of the directly - elected Mayor of London and London Assembly, with strategic powers in transport, planning, economic development, skills, housing, culture and the environment.

With a moratorium on new life peers, 46 new directly elected «senators» would represent barely 6 % of the House, merely a quarter of the number appointed in this parliament and exactly half those there by accident of birth.

Create 46 directly elected senators and abolish the rest of the House of Lords.

From June 2010 chairs of select committees have been directly elected by a secret ballot of the whole House of Commons using the alternative vote system.