Lascelles Principles (original) (raw)
The Lascelles Principles are a constitutional convention in the United Kingdom beginning in 1950, under which the sovereign can refuse a request from the prime minister to dissolve Parliament if three conditions are met: 1. * if the existing Parliament is still "vital, viable, and capable of doing its job", 2. * if a general election would be "detrimental to the national economy", and 3. * if the sovereign could "rely on finding another prime minister who could govern for a reasonable period with a working majority in the House of Commons".
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| dbo:abstract | The Lascelles Principles are a constitutional convention in the United Kingdom beginning in 1950, under which the sovereign can refuse a request from the prime minister to dissolve Parliament if three conditions are met: 1. * if the existing Parliament is still "vital, viable, and capable of doing its job", 2. * if a general election would be "detrimental to the national economy", and 3. * if the sovereign could "rely on finding another prime minister who could govern for a reasonable period with a working majority in the House of Commons". The convention was in abeyance from 2011 to 2022, when the sovereign's prerogative power to dissolve Parliament was removed by the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011. Following passage of the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022, which repealed the Fixed-term Parliaments Act, these principles are thought to have been revived. The Lascelles principles are not the only convention governing how the sovereign makes decisions relating to changes of government. For example, the Cabinet Manual notes the historic precedent of the sovereign dismissing a government under reserve powers. However, this was last done by William IV, who dismissed Lord Melbourne’s government despite majority support in the Commons and is thought to have damaged the sovereign’s reputation. The general principles of government formation also affect this decision. The Cabinet Manual stresses that the monarch should not be exposed to political decisions and "it remains a matter for the Prime Minister, as the Sovereign's principal adviser, to judge the appropriate time at which to resign". The Manual notes that recent Prime Ministers have chosen not to resign until an established situation was set which the sovereign could be advised to accept. (en) Los principios de Lascelles fueron una convención constitucional en el Reino Unido entre 1950 y 2011, según la cual el podía rechazar una solicitud del primer ministro para disolver el Parlamento si se cumplían tres condiciones: 1. * Si el Parlamento existente sigue siendo «vital, viable y capaz de hacer su trabajo». 2. * Si una elección general sería «perjudicial para la economía nacional». 3. * Si el soberano pudiera «confiar en encontrar otro primer ministro que pudiera gobernar durante un período razonable con una mayoría de trabajo en la Cámara de los Comunes» . La convención ha estado en suspenso desde 2011, cuando el poder de prerrogativa del soberano para disolver el Parlamento fue eliminado por la Ley de Parlamentos de Plazo Fijo de 2011. (es) |
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| rdfs:comment | The Lascelles Principles are a constitutional convention in the United Kingdom beginning in 1950, under which the sovereign can refuse a request from the prime minister to dissolve Parliament if three conditions are met: 1. * if the existing Parliament is still "vital, viable, and capable of doing its job", 2. * if a general election would be "detrimental to the national economy", and 3. * if the sovereign could "rely on finding another prime minister who could govern for a reasonable period with a working majority in the House of Commons". (en) Los principios de Lascelles fueron una convención constitucional en el Reino Unido entre 1950 y 2011, según la cual el podía rechazar una solicitud del primer ministro para disolver el Parlamento si se cumplían tres condiciones: 1. * Si el Parlamento existente sigue siendo «vital, viable y capaz de hacer su trabajo». 2. * Si una elección general sería «perjudicial para la economía nacional». 3. * Si el soberano pudiera «confiar en encontrar otro primer ministro que pudiera gobernar durante un período razonable con una mayoría de trabajo en la Cámara de los Comunes» . (es) |
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