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Parliamentary procedure
Page last updated: 27 January 2003
Confused by all those weird and wonderful parliamentary procedures, practices, rules etc and want to sharpen up? Here are a few sources of help:
| 1. | Look at the
House of Commons Information
Office Factsheets. The Factsheets were revised
in 2001 and are now divided into four series: Procedure, Legislation,
Members/Elections and General. All titles are available for downloading in
pdf format. Please note that some titles
have yet to be converted into the new format. These are
produced for public consumption so are available on the www at: http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/fact.htm
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| 2. | Parliament's
education website has a Glossary which explains dozens of terms commonly
used in both Houses. The best link to it is: http://www.parliament.uk/glossary/glossary.cfm
So, if you want to peep into the Royal Robing Room, are desperate
for Dissolution, are tickled by Test Rolls or demand to know
Who goes home? try this website. While you're at it,
have a look at the Explore Parliament website which can be found at this
address: http://www.explore.parliament.uk/
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| 3. |
Business of the House and its Committees: a short guide, issued by the Department of the Clerk of the House (updated January 2003) provides another useful source. The new edition is now available, via the Parliamentary Intranet, at: http://intra1.parliament.uk/clerks/contents.htm or collect a hardcopy from one of the Vote Offices (020 7219 3631).
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| 4. | There are also the Library's
training courses in parliamentary procedure and documentation which
are open to Members staff. Ring 020 7219 6767 for information or
check out courses available at the Library's web-pages on the
Parliamentary Intranet at: http://hcl1.hclibrary.parliament.uk/training/train1.htm
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| 5. |
The BBC has a long and
informative list on the A-Z OF PARLIAMENT page of their website at:
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| 6. | Politico's Guide to
Parliament - 2nd Edition. Available from Politico's
Bookshop. Tel 020 7931 0090. Written in plain English, the
Guide aims to make understanding the Parliament just that bit
easier. So if you are perplexed by Parliament, confused by
committees or bewildered by bills.... this book will go some way to
explain and elucidate.
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| 7. | Vacher
Dod's invaluable reference book: The Handbook of House of
Commons Procedure. Available from Vacher
Dod. The 3rd Edition was written by a Clerk in the Commons and
published in 2002. It
takes full account of the many detailed and sometimes profound procedural
and constitutional changes made since 1997. "Expensive
but worth it!" we are reliably informed.
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