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New policy position on more powers for the monarch #1674

Closed RichardTaylor closed 3 months ago

RichardTaylor commented 1 year ago

Title

Powers of the Monarch

Policy link / ID

https://www.publicwhip.org.uk/policy.php?id=6917

Example Wording

[MP name] generally voted for more powers for the monarch [MP name] generally voted against more powers for the monarch

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powers for the monarch

Categories

Constitutional Reform

Policy details

There have been votes in Parliament on if the monarch should have powers to dissolve Parliament and prompt a general election.

Image

Attribution: UK Parliament / House of Lords 2019 / Roger Harris Licence URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/uk_parliament/49242242283/

Notes

Are these really powers for the monarch, or in-practice the Government or the Prime Minister?

The answer depends on how you interpret our unwritten constitution.

The votes taken into account are taken into account for other policy statements too.

ajparsons commented 3 months ago

This policy proposal has been moved to the policy tracking spreadsheet and/or has been added via twfy-votes. Closing the ticket (specific tickets may be reopened if needed).