Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011
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What is the Fixed-term Parliaments Act?
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Why the Government is scrapping the Fixed-term Parliaments Act
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Gareth Bacon MP: We must scrap Fixed-term Parliament Act
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Constitutional law lecturer Dr Robert Craig discusses the Fixed Term Parliaments Act being repealed
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Parliamentary questions: Fixed-term Parliaments (28th Oct 2008)
The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that received Royal Assent on 15 September 2011, introducing fixed-term elections to the Westminster parliament for the first time. Under the provisions of the Act, parliamentary general elections must be held every five years, beginning in 2015.
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Background
Main parties' views
Provisions
Debate
Critiques
Implementation
2019 general election
Other effects
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