parliament of Guernsey

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The Parliament of Guernsey, known as the States of Deliberation, is the unicameral legislative assembly responsible for making laws and overseeing governance in the British Crown Dependency of Guernsey.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative assembly ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
alsoKnownAs States of Guernsey (legislature) ⓘ
linked to: States of Guernsey
constitutionalStatus legislature of a British Crown Dependency ⓘ
country Guernsey ⓘ
derivesAuthorityFrom Crown in right of Guernsey ⓘ
establishedInPeriod medieval period ⓘ
governmentType parliamentary representative democracy ⓘ
hasChamber unicameral chamber ⓘ
hasFunction budget approval ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
policy approval ⓘ
scrutiny of the executive ⓘ
taxation powers ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle President of the Policy & Resources Committee ⓘ
includesPosition Committee Presidents ⓘ
People’s Deputies ⓘ
President of the Policy & Resources Committee ⓘ
isNot part of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
jurisdiction Bailiwick of Guernsey ⓘ
linked to: Guernsey
language English ⓘ
Guernésiais ⓘ
lastElectionDate 2020-10-07 ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Bailiwick of Guernsey ⓘ
linked to: Guernsey

Guernsey ⓘ
locatedIn Channel Islands ⓘ
Guernsey ⓘ
St Peter Port ⓘ
meetsIn Royal Court House, St Peter Port ⓘ
nextElectionCycle every 4 years ⓘ
numberOfHouses 1 ⓘ
numberOfMembers 40 ⓘ
officialName States of Deliberation ⓘ
oversees Policy & Resources Committee ⓘ
Principal Committees of the States of Guernsey ⓘ
partOf Bailiwick of Guernsey ⓘ
linked to: Guernsey
passes Ordinances ⓘ
Resolutions ⓘ
primary legislation ⓘ
relationshipToUK legally separate from the Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
seat St Peter Port ⓘ
shortName States ⓘ
sovereignState British Crown ⓘ
supervises States of Guernsey government ⓘ
linked to: States of Guernsey
termLength 4 years ⓘ
votingSystem multi-member district plurality ⓘ
website https://www.gov.gg/states ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

In Serve et Fide → usedBy → parliament of Guernsey ⓘ
Members of the States of Deliberation → roleIn → Guernsey parliament ⓘ
linked to: parliament of Guernsey
Members of the States of Deliberation → partOf → Guernsey legislature ⓘ
linked to: parliament of Guernsey
Registrar-General of Guernsey → appointedBy → Government of Guernsey ⓘ
linked to: parliament of Guernsey
Committee for Home Affairs → subordinateTo → States Assembly of Guernsey ⓘ
linked to: parliament of Guernsey