POLI 221 Chapter 1: Reading 1 - Democratizing the Constitution
2 Apr 2018
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Prorogue parliament for a period of time (suspend but not dissolve) Dissolve parliament in the advance of election: the pms powers affect the ability of the house of commons to: Scrutinize gov administration of public affairs, and to generally hold the gov to account. The pm can declare gov bills to be matters of confidence for the gov"s mps, forcing them to vote party lines. Pm can send gov bills to committee only after second reading, restricting any amendments that are made in committee that go against the principals of original bill as it stood at the second reading.
