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Dissolution rule

Asked whether the 55% dissolution rule would mean that the Government would not automatically seek the dissolution of Parliament if The Queen’s Speech or the Budget was voted down by 51%, the PMS said that if you had a fixed term Parliament, power would be taken away from the Prime Minister and given to Parliament to make the decision on the dissolving of Parliament.

There would be a Bill published early in this session and the details would be set out in that. There would be a lot of debate about precisely how this worked and the PMS would not get into detail on that before the Bill had even been drafted.

Asked if the Government was committed to 55% dissolution, the PMS said that it was. Asked if the Deputy Prime Minister would be taking the Bill through Parliament, the PMS said that the DPM would certainly be responsible for issues surrounding electoral reform and constitutional changes.

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