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  2. Dissolution of the Parliament of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Major Peter Oweh, Common Cryer and Serjeant-at-Arms of the City of London, reading the dissolution proclamation at the Royal Exchange, London, on 31 May 2024. The dissolution of the Parliament of the United Kingdom occurs automatically five years after the day on which Parliament first met following a general election, [1] or on an earlier date by royal proclamation at the advice of the prime ...

  3. Dissolution of parliament - Wikipedia

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    Under the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022, the Crown may, at any time, dissolve Parliament. This is usually done "on request" of the prime minister. The Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 repealed the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011, and returned the royal prerogative to dissolve Parliament back to The Crown. Without ...

  4. 2nd Parliament of Charles I - Wikipedia

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    However, among many members of parliament there was a genuine dislike for the Duke of Buckingham. Buckingham had originally been a favourite of James I and had a great deal of contact with Charles while he was growing up. With the accession of Charles as king, Buckingham began to play an ever-growing role in the formulation and execution of policy.

  5. King Charles feels 'weight of history' in parliament speech - AOL

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    STORY: King Charles told parliament he was "resolved faithfully to follow" the example set by his mother, Queen Elizabeth, addressing lawmakers and peers in what he described as the "the living ...

  6. 3rd Parliament of Charles I - Wikipedia

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    Parliament then turned its attention to tonnage and poundage, two onerous taxes on which the King was dependent, and which Parliament considered illegal. The King brought the session to a rapid close. Over the summer the fleet to relieve La Rochelle was assembled, but the commander Buckingham was murdered by a disgruntled army officer. [4]

  7. Elon Musk claims King should dissolve Parliament in fresh ...

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    Elon Musk has continued his criticism of the UK government, calling on the King to step in and dissolve parliament after Labour rejected a call for a national inquiry into child grooming. The tech ...

  8. Triennial Acts - Wikipedia

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    1), [1] also known as the Dissolution Act, was an Act passed on 15 February 1641, [2] [3] by the English Long Parliament, during the reign of King Charles I. The act required that Parliament meet for at least a fifty-day session once every three years. It was intended to prevent kings from ruling without Parliament, as Charles had done between ...

  9. List of MPs elected to the English parliament in November 1640

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    This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected in 1640 to the Long Parliament which began in the reign of King Charles I and continued into the Commonwealth.. The fifth and last Parliament of Charles I began at Westminster 3 November 1640 and continued sitting till 20 April 1653, when it was dissolved.