Lordlar Kamarasının salâhiyetlerini tahdide matuf son teşebbüsler (Parliament Act 1911 ve Parliament Act 1947)

How can an act of parliament cure cancer?

Parliament

Disaster concentrates the mind wonderfully. The Shelton tragedy forced M.P.s to grapple with mental illness once more in Parliament's spring term after a long lull in which national economic troubles claimed their attention to the exclusion of almost all else. Mr. Kenneth Robinson, the Minister of Health, finally agreed ?and to be fair, without too much reluctance?to hold the Shelton inquiry in...

Parliament and the Courts in Independent India: The Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1951

In May 1951 Jawaharlal Nehru introduced before Parliament a Bill to amend the Indian Constitution, some fifteen months after it had come into force. Some of these amendments concerned important “fundamental rights”: the right to freedom of speech (Art. 19(1)(a)); rights against the compulsory acquisition of property (Art. 31); and rights against nondiscrimination (Art. 15(1)). Each of these ame...

Parliament, Press and Broadcasting

During the past three months Members of Parliament have had before them several Bills dealing with matters directly or indirectly connected with mental health. News of the progress of the Mental Health Bill itself is reported elsewhere in this issue. The Legitimacy Bill, a private members' Bill, was given its second reading on 30.1.59 and was referred to a Standing Committee. The main purpose o...

Parliament, Press and Broadcasting

During the past few months a very wide variety of topics with at least some mental health aspect has been discussed in Parliament. While some have reflected controversy, others, in particular the Mental Health Bill, have been accorded a wide measure of general agreement. In the Debate on the Queen's Speech, (Hansard 31.10.58), the present level of crime was subjected to a factual analysis. The ...