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Daily Archives: July 14, 2011

Ireland is not the only country considering a smaller parliament

Post by David Farrell (July 14 2011) Ireland is not alone in considering a reduction in the number of parliamentarians. In the UK the size of the House of Commons is to reduce from 650 to 600. In the Netherlands there is debate over possibly reducing their parliament by a third from 150 members to…

July 14, 2011 in Uncategorized.

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