Legislature - Overseas



Paper no.TitlePublication date
  Parliamentary staffing and services in selected places  
IN13/12-13
• Congressional staffing and services in the United States
2013.07.08
IN12/12-13
• Parliamentary staffing and services in the United Kingdom
2013.07.08
IN11/12-13
• Parliamentary staffing and services in Canada
2013.07.08
IN10/12-13
• Parliamentary staffing and services in Australia
2013.07.08
IN01/08-09 Impartiality of Speakers 2008.10.03
RP06/07-08 Parliamentary monitoring mechanism on intelligence agencies in selected places

This research studies the mechanisms adopted to monitor government intelligence agencies by the House of Representatives of the United States Congress, the House of Representatives of the Parliament of Australia, the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Parliament and the House of Commons of the Parliament of Canada. The mechanisms are examined in the following aspects: statutory basis, powers and functions; composition and design; administration and procedure; access to sensitive information; and restrictions on disclosure of sensitive information. 		2008.05.30
FS16/05-06 Time Limit within which the House of Lords of the United Kingdom Parliament Could Delay a Bill Passed by the House of Commons from Becoming Law 2006.05.26
  Chairmanship of parliamentary committees in some selected places  
IN02/03-04
• Supplementary Information on the Operation of Committees on Bills in the United Kingdom Parliament
2003.11.13
RP06/02-03
• Chairmanship of Parliamentary Committees in Some Selected Places

This research studies the chairmanship of parliamentary committees in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, the Province of Ontario in Canada, and the State of California in the United States. It covers (a) types and functions of committees; (b) membership in committees; (c) role of chairmen of committees; (d) method of selecting committee chairmen; (e) allocation of committee chairmanships; (f) chairmanship of committees concerning rules of procedures; and (g) restrictions on chairmanship of committees.
2003.05.13
RP10/00-01 Parliamentary Handling of Non-Ordinary Bills

This research studies the parliamentary handling of bills which are classified to be "not ordinary", i.e. the non-passage of such bills, if any, may lead to a change of government or dissolution of parliament, in France and the United Kingdom. It covers the parliamentary procedures for the engagement of the government's responsibility on a programme, a statement of general policy or the passage of a bill, and motion of censure in France; and the parliamentary procedures for motion of censure in the United Kingdom. 		2001.05.02
RP03/98-99 The Channels for Redressing Grievances in Hong Kong and in Overseas Countries

This research studies the operation of the grievance redress channels in the legislatures of Hong Kong, Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. It describes the characteristics of the grievance redress systems in these legislatures, and compares and analyzes their redress channels. 		1998.10.19
RP03/95-96 Parliamentary Monitoring Mechanism on Intelligence Agencies

This research studies the parliamentary monitoring mechanism on intelligence agencies. It covers the various kinds of parliamentary monitoring mechanism on intelligence agencies and adjudication of deadlocks between the Parliament and the Executive in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and the United States. 		1995.10
RP10/94-95 Power of Parliamentary Committees in Obtaining Information from the Executive

This research studies the power of overseas parliamentary committees in obtaining information from the Executive in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. It covers the power to send for persons, papers and records, conflicts between Crown privilege and parliamentary privilege, and relevant guidelines issued. 		1995.07