Talk:Senate of Northern Ireland

Use of the term "the House"
Normally in the Westminster system "the House" exclusively refers to the House of Commons/Representatives. Was this term ever used for the Senate at all? Timrollpickering 22:30, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:51, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Peers
I see the Souther Senate, during the Home Rule period, contained 15 Representative peers, was there such a system in the North I wonder? --Counter-revolutionary (talk) 15:49, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
 * No. It was a bit of an afterthought which is why the electoral system was so awful - but it wasn't quite that bad!Traditional unionist (talk) 21:53, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok. It strikes me that a stricter method of election would be better. I'm surprised the two had different systems actually.  I'm not too sure whether the peers clause applies to the Irish peerage or a peer of any division resident in Ireland; it seems to imply the latter.   --Counter-revolutionary (talk) 22:44, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
 * The intention was to have Two lower houses and one upper house in Ireland. That fell through and so the NI senate had to be cobbled together.Traditional unionist (talk) 23:36, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

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