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] Date Posted: 14:38:36 11/30/04 Tue In reply to: Paddy (Scotland) 's message, "Thanks for your careful analysis Ian." on 13:52:09 11/30/04 Tue The idea has its merits. I think you are right that to get New Zealand on board, you would have to give them the kind of representation that Scotland currently has at Westminster. This is another good reason for advocating Aus/NZ unification first. However, 1300 MPs would require a new Parliament building, and would raise the question of what we do with the existing Parliaments, Two of which, are great historical assets. I liked the rotation idea mentioned earlier. I am coming round to the idea of having a reasonably small Federal Government, with around 600 MPs. With this Government being responsible for foreign policy, defence, legal and constitutional matters, there is less of an argument for smaller, more representative constituencies. I have some ideas which I will work on and present in due course… [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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Author: Jim (Canada) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 17:07:45 11/30/04 Tue [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Dave (UK) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 17:25:17 11/30/04 Tue Order! Order! [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Paddy (Scotland) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 20:31:00 11/30/04 Tue Especially if policy is to encourage devolution of local affairs. Also, if we halved the number of MPs it would dilute the people's power to vote-in a local representative to serve their local interests. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Dave (UK) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 23:03:20 11/30/04 Tue State Province # of MPs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Australasia New South Wales (inc ACT and Jervis Bay) 74 Australasia New Zealand 43 Australasia Northern Territories 3 Australasia Norfolk Island 1 Australasia Queensland (inc Coral Sea Islands) 40 Australasia South Australia 16 Australasia Tasmania 7 Australasia Victoria 54 Australasia Western Australia (inc Christmas Island) 22 British Isles Bermuda 1 British Isles British East Caribbean Islands (Anguilla, BVI, Montserrat) 1 British Isles British South Atlantic Islands (Falklands, South Georgia, South Sandwich, St Helena, Ascension etc) 1 British Isles British West Caribbean Islands (Cayman, Turks and Caicos) 1 British Isles England 525 British Isles Gibraltar 1 British Isles Isle of Man 2 British Isles Jersey 2 British Isles Northern Ireland 18 British Isles Scotland 59 British Isles Wales 34 Canada Alberta 30 Canada British Columbia 38 Canada Manitoba 15 Canada New Brunswick 10 Canada Newfoundland and Labrador 7 Canada Northwest Territories 1 Canada Nova Scotia 12 Canada Nunavut 1 Canada Ontario 112 Canada Prince Edward Island 4 Canada Quebec 79 Canada Saskatchewan 15 Canada Yukon 1 Commonwealth Overseas Territories Commonwealth Antarctic Territory (Australian and British sectors, Heard and McDonald Islands) 0 Commonwealth Overseas Territories Commonwealth Cypriot Territory (Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia) 0 Commonwealth Overseas Territories Commonwealth Indian Ocean Territory (Deigo Garcia and minor outlying islands, Cocos/Keeling Islands) 0 Commonwealth Overseas Territories Commonwealth Pacific Territory (Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, Oeno and Sandy) 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL MPs 1230 Perhaps they could all sit in the existing buildings, linked by video? [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Dave (UK) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 23:04:26 11/30/04 Tue [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Dave (UK) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 09:55:24 12/01/04 Wed Commonwealth MPs by Region/Province Total: 1230 ----------- Australasia ----------- New South Wales (inc ACT and Jervis Bay) 74 New Zealand 43 Northern Territories 3 Norfolk Island 1 Queensland (inc Coral Sea Islands) 40 South Australia 16 Tasmania 7 Victoria 54 Western Australia (inc Christmas Island) 22 ------------- British Isles ------------- Bermuda 1 British East Caribbean Islands (Anguilla, BVI, Montserrat) 1 British South Atlantic Islands (Falklands, South Georgia, South Sandwich, St Helena, Ascension etc) 1 British West Caribbean Islands (Cayman, Turks and Caicos) 1 England 525 Gibraltar 1 Isle of Man 2 Jersey 2 Northern Ireland 18 Scotland 59 Wales 34 ------ Canada ------ Alberta 30 British Columbia 38 Manitoba 15 New Brunswick 10 Newfoundland and Labrador 7 Northwest Territories 1 Nova Scotia 12 Nunavut 1 Ontario 112 Prince Edward Island 4 Quebec 79 Saskatchewan 15 Yukon 1 --------------------------------- Commonwealth Overseas Territories (No Parliamentary Representation) --------------------------------- Commonwealth Antarctic Territory (Australian and British sectors, Heard and McDonald Islands) Commonwealth Cypriot Territory (Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia) Commonwealth Indian Ocean Territory (Deigo Garcia and minor outlying islands, Cocos/Keeling Islands) Commonwealth Pacific Territory (Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, Oeno and Sandy) [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |