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In both these countries, the national parliaments are now called riksdag (in Finland also eduskunta), a word used since the Middle Ages and equivalent of the German word Reichstag.

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The official function of the European Parliament is to watch over the Commission's activities, but in fact this 732-member parliament has little power other than limited jurisdiction over part of the organization's budget.

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The first English Parliament was formed during the reign of King Henry III in the thirteenth century.

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Parliament originated in the late thirteenth century, during the reign of Edward I.

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The House of Lords is the less powerful of the two houses as a result of the Parliament Acts of 1911 and 1949.

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The unicameral parliament is first found on record, referred to as a colloquium, in 1235 at Kirkliston (a village now in Edinburgh).

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The French Parliament, as a legislative body, should not confused with the various parlements of the Ancien Rйgime in France, which were courts of justice and tribunals with certain political functions.

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In 1270, Phagpa was named Dishi ('imperial preceptor'), and his position as ruler of Tibet was reconfirmed.

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The European Parliament has three places of work: Luxembourg is home to the administrative offices (the ‘General Secretariat’).

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The Parliament of Scotland evolved during the Middle Ages from the King's Council of Bishops and Earls.

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The origin of the European Parliament (EP) goes back to the 1950s—and the union's founding treaties—and since 1979 its members have been directly elected by the people they represent.

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Many nations with parliaments have to some degree emulated the British "three-tier" model.

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The significant difference between the Model Parliament and the earlier Curia Regis was the addition of the Commons, that is, elected representatives of rural landowners and of townsmen.

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The exceptions to this rule are things like bills to prolong the life of a Parliament beyond five years.

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The Parliament, in the modern meaning of the term, appeared in France during the French Revolution.

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Consisting of the Three Estates; of clerics, lay tenants-in-chief and burgh commissioners sitting in a single chamber, the Scottish parliament acquired significant powers over particular issues.

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At first, each estate debated independently; by the reign of Edward III, however, Parliament had been separated into two Houses and was assuming its modern recognizable form.

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Legitimate pest invasion issues exist, as avocado pests originating in Mexico have made their way to California, including the persea mite and avocado thrips.

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The veche (Russian: ????, Polish: wiec) was a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries, and in late medieval period, a parliament.

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Modern government has its origins in the Curia Regis; parliament descends from the Great Council later known as the parliamentum established by Magna Carta.

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Meetings of the whole Parliament, known as ‘plenary sessions’, take place in Strasbourg, France and sometimes in Brussels, Belgium.

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The generally recognized first Spanish Parliament (with the presence of commoners), the Cortes, was held in the Kingdom of Leon in 1118.

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Parliamentary business was also carried out by "sister" institutions, before c. 1500 by General Council and thereafter by the Convention of Estates.

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Of these, the legislature is formally the High Court of Parliament; judges sit in the Supreme Court of Judicature; and only the executive government is no longer conducted in a royal court.

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De Montfort's scheme was formally adopted by Edward I in the so-called "Model Parliament" of 1295.

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The idea of the wiec led in 1182 to the development of the Polish parliament, the Sejm.

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The Commonwealth's general parliament consisted of three estates: the King of Poland (who also acted as the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Russia/Ruthenia, Prussia, Mazovia, etc.

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Most countries in Europe and the Commonwealth have similarly organized parliaments with a largely ceremonial head of state who formally opens and closes parliament, a large elected lower house and a smaller, upper house.

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Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) do not sit in national blocks, but in seven Europe-wide political groups.

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Parliament represents the interests of the Union's citizens in discussions with the other EU institutions.

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A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled after that of the United Kingdom.

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Parliaments may consist of chambers or houses, and are usually either bicameral or unicameral–although more complex models exist, or have existed (see Tricameralism).

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In ancient India, during the Vedic civilization, there are mentions of two Parliament-like gatherings of the Indo-Aryan kingdoms called the Sabh? and the Samiti.

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The parliamentary system was the first form of representative government to include common subjects (not from the nobility) in the decision-making forum.

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The name of the parliament of Russian Federation is the Federal Assembly of Russia.

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Some states have a semi-presidential system which combines a powerful president with an executive responsible to parliament.

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In 1905, in response to widespread unrest, Nicholas II granted several concessions, one of which was that no law would become operative without the approval of a new organization called the Duma, or Parliament.

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Legally the Queen is the head of government and no business in Parliament can be taken without her authority.

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Shura has been an integral part of the Caliphate, where the Majlis al Shura (consultative council, or parliament) advised the caliph.

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A meeting in 1295 became known as the Model Parliament because it set the pattern for later Parliaments.

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A parliament's lower house is usually composed of at least 200 members in countries with populations of over 3 million.

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