Friday, June 11, 2010

The 'Liberal Bureaucracy' guide to Parliamentary jargon

I mentioned 'hybrid bills' in passing the other day. For those of you who wondered, "What is a hybrid bill, then?", the answer is;

“public bills which are considered to affect specific private or local interests, in a manner different from the private or local interests of other persons or bodies of the same class, thus attracting the provisions of the Standing Orders applicable to private business"

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