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    The Westminster system, or Westminster model, is a type of parliamentary government that incorporates a series of procedures for operating a legislature...
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    Westminster is a cathedral city and the main settlement of the London Borough of the City of Westminster in Central London, England. It extends from the...
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    retain the Westminster system of government. The idea of parliamentary accountability and responsible government spread with these systems. Democracy...
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  • premier, first minister, or chief minister to the incumbent; in the Westminster system, they head a rival alternative government known as the shadow cabinet...
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    The Statute of Westminster 1931 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that sets the basis for the relationship between the Dominions (now...
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  • Look up Westminster in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Westminster is an area within the City of Westminster, London, UK. Westminster may also refer to:...
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  • A select committee in the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy is a committee made up of a small number of parliamentary members appointed to...
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  • equivalent terms used in other jurisdictions. The Westminster system is a democratic parliamentary system of government modelled after the politics of the...
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  • €19,000. Party whips in Malaysia serve a similar role as in other Westminster system-based parliamentary democracies. However, party discipline tends to...
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    the United Kingdom; "Westminster" has become a metonym for the UK Parliament and the British Government, and the Westminster system of government commemorates...
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    institutions and its capacity to absorb change. The Westminster system shaped the political systems of the nations once ruled by the British Empire, and...
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  • or other title. In Commonwealth realm jurisdictions which use the Westminster system of government, ministers are usually required to be members of one...
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    but rather defined by constitutional convention deriving from the Westminster system and responsible government. The prime minister is formally appointed...
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  • (indeed to move matters along). In certain Commonwealth nations with a Westminster system, such as the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia, pro forma bills...
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    decisions. Legally, under both types of system, the Westminster variant of a parliamentary system and the presidential system, the cabinet "advises" the head...
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    The City of Westminster is a home rule municipality located in Adams and Jefferson counties, Colorado, United States. The city population was 116,317...
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  • Prorogation in the Westminster system of government is the action of proroguing, or interrupting, a parliament, or the discontinuance of meetings for a...
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  • health of democratic institutions. Legislators in countries using the Westminster system, such as the United Kingdom, are protected from civil action and criminal...
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    In the Westminster system (and, colloquially, in the United States), a money bill or supply bill is a bill that solely concerns taxation or government...
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    Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London, England...
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    who took office on 15 May 2024. Singapore is modelled after the Westminster system. The prime minister only governs with the confidence of the majority...
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    Westminster is a city in and the county seat of Carroll County, Maryland, United States. The city's population was 19,960 at the 2020 census. Westminster...
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  • house, with the upper house never fully dissolved. In a bicameral Westminster system, the expression "dissolution of parliament" typically refers to the...
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    Monarchy of the United Kingdom (category Westminster system)
    creating a system whereby a single monarch operated independently in each separate Dominion. The concept was solidified by the Statute of Westminster 1931,...
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    ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Based on the Westminster system, given that they retain the confidence of the assembly, the chief...
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    In the Westminster system used in many Commonwealth realms, the King-in-Parliament (Queen-in-Parliament during the reign of a queen) is a constitutional...
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  • parliament and fresh elections. This system is normally stable because strong political parties in the Westminster system ensure a very small number of viable...
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    The City of Westminster is a London borough with city status in Greater London, England. It is the site of the United Kingdom's Houses of Parliament and...
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    ministre du Canada) is the head of government of Canada. Under the Westminster system, the prime minister governs with the confidence of a majority of the...
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  • particularly in a Westminster-based parliamentary system. This article uses the term government as it is used in Parliamentary systems, i.e. meaning the...
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