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A
- absolute majority
- abstain
- act
- acts of parliament (primary legislation)
- adjourn
- adjournment debate
- adjournment motion
- admonition
- allowances
- amendments
- appropriation
- appropriation account
- appropriation bill
- assent
- ayes
B
- bills
- business motion
- by leave
- by-elections
- by-law
C
- censure motion
- chief whip
- clerk of the Parliament
- committal
- committee
- committee of the whole house
- committee on standards and privileges
- committee stage
- constituency
- contempt
- cross the floor
D
- debate
- delegated or secondary legislation
- deposited papers or laid papers
- dissolve the parliament
- division
- division bell
- draft bills (pre-legislative scrutiny)
E
- electorate
- enactment
- estimates
- exective power
- explanatory notes
F
- filibuster
- financial year
- first reading
- free vote
G
- general business
- government
- government bill
- government business
- guillotine
H
- hansard (official report)
- hearing (of a committee)
I
- independent (Member of Parliament)
- inquiry (parliamentary)
J
- journal
K
L
- laid or laying (before Parliament)
- leader of the house
- leader of the opposition
- leave
- legislation
- legislative power
M
- matter of public importance
- motion
- move (a motion)
- mp (member of parliament)
N
- notice of motion
- notice paper
- notices of question
O
- oath of allegiance
- oath of allegiance (or affirmation)
- office-holder (of the parliament)
- opposition
- order of the day
- order paper
- order, order
- out of order
P
- parliamentary privilege
- parliamentary procedure (and standing orders)
- petition
- point of order
- political party
- private bills
- private business
- private members' bills
- private notice questions
- proportional representation
- prorogation
- public bills
Q
- questions
- questions: oral questions
- quorum
- quorum call
R
- recall of parliament
- recess
- recurrent expenditure
- referendum
- register of interests
- report stage
S
- second reading
- second reading committee
- secret ballot
- select committees
- serjeant at arms
- session
- sittings
- speaker (the)
- standing orders
- sunset clause
T
- table (to table)
- third reading
U
- unparliamentary language
- urgent debate
- urgent questions
V
- visitors' gallery
- vote
- votes and proceedings
W
- ways and means
- whips
- white paper
- written questions
X
Y
Z

amendments appropriation account

appropriation

The allocation of money by Parliament to specific purposes.

Variants

appropriation bill
appropriation account

amendments appropriation account

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