Sentences with phrase «reserving seats in parliament»
The Government's House of Lords Reform Bill proposes to continue reserving seats in Parliament for the representatives of the state Church in the form of «Lords Spiritual».
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[x] The introduction of quotas in parliament for young people under the age of 30 years old — for instance, through reserving 50 seats or more for the age group 18 - 30 years old — could be an important part of the solution for at least 6 reasons.
They elect 3 presidents for each of the 3 ethnicities, and my understanding is that there are a certain amount of seats reserved in the parliament per ethnicity.
The UK is the only democracy in the world to have reserved seats for clerics in its parliament, and the BHA has been campaigning for many years to have abolished this outdated, undemocratic, unequal and unfair tradition which, if retained, would seriously undermine the validity of any reform of the House of Lords.
A number of speakers challenged the continuing anachronism of having 26 seats reserved for bishops in the House of Lords, while others pointed out the contrast between the recent House of Commons vote against legalising assisted dying and the overwhelming public support in favour suggested that a more representative Parliament would also be a more progressive one.