Parliament of WolvHaven/8th

Category:Politics
The 8th Parliament of the Federation of WolvHaven was a meeting of the legislative branch of the WolvHaven Government, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It met in the Parliament House in Laboratory from 21 October 2017 to 24 March 2018. The October 2017 general election gave the United Progressive Coalition of , and control of the House of representatives, allowing their leader minebuilder1223 continue to take office as 3rd Prime Minister of WolvHaven. Meanwhile, the , and form the opposition and remain neutral to either side of the house.
==Longer Parliament Terms & Federation==
The 8th Parliament of the Federation of WolvHaven was the first Federal Parliament under the newly formed Federation of WolvHaven. The Parliamentary terms were also extended to 6 months instead of the current 3 to give members more time to research and look into policies and bills to form better proposals for policy. The Senate also has the power to dissolve the parliament after a minimum of 3 months if the parliament has a low approval rating across WolvHaven.
The newly formed Federation of WolvHaven also meant that the Gardellia was awarded state status and therefore could have its own house of legislation; called the Gardellian Assembly. The Gardellian Parliament was to handle state level issues such as the construction of infrastructure and services within the state and its state-level laws.
Meanwhile, decisions made in the Federal Parliament of WolvHaven apply server-wide, overriding those of the Gardellian Parliament should there be a conflict.
==Legislation==
* Tree Command Access Bill
* Train Operator & Examiners Reform Bill
* Multiple Channels Bill
* Mentionable List Revision Bill
* Permanent Residency Bill
* Wiki Staff Bill
* WolvHaven Statute Bill
* Government and Parliament Reform Bill
* Replay Mod Legalisation Bill
* Gardellia Abandoned Claims (Amendment) Bill
* Single Layer Interjection Suggestions Bill
* Anti-plagiarism Bill
==Notable Events==
===2 October 2017===
President SilverWolv had appointed GukkyGukz and chickenjoshbwak as Senator.
===1st Session of Parliament - 21 October 2017===
The state opening of the 8th Parliament of WolvHaven was held on the 21st October 2017. Before the state opening, a Speaker Election was held, Ninjabob1797 elected as Speaker of 8th Parliament of WolvHaven. This was also the first Speaker Election in WolvHaven History. State opening starts off with the president in the Senate chamber asking the black rod to send a message to the House of Representatives that he desires their attendance in the Senate chamber. The gentleman usher of the black rod will then walk out of the Senate chamber, across the building towards the House of Representatives chamber. Upon approaching the chamber, the doors are slammed shut in the usher of the black rod's face. To which the usher of the black rod uses the black rod to knock on the doors 3 times and the door is opened. The black rod walks in and asks members of the House of Representatives to attend to the president in the Senate chamber and walks out afterwards with the sergeant at arms removing the ceremonial mace from the table and proceeds to the Senate chamber holding the mace, followed by the speaker of the house, the prime minister and the leader of the opposition, elected members then unelected members. The mace is handed over to a parliamentary clerk before entering the Senate chamber. Once all members are inside the Senate chamber, the president will deliver the president's speech.
=== 7 January 2018 ===
Ninjabob1797 resigned as MP due to his Speaker role in Parliament session. According to the WolvHaven Statute II/B/5, the next member in the party list published on the party wiki page as of the time of resignation shall replace them. Therefore hinwapoon become the MP for 
=== 8th Session of Parliament - 28 January 2018 ===
Prime Minister Minebuilder1223 tendered his resignation to the President and he has appointed _AngelKevin_ as the 4th Prime Minister of WolvHaven. Parliament will continue as per normal till the next GE in April 2018. This came after the weakening of the government as colleagues from the and were absent and after several clashes with the opposition over some of the controversial topics such as the Mentionable List Revision Act and the contentious Government and Parliament Reform Bill. He had previously stated his intentions to resign at the end of the Parliamentary Term.
=== 12th session of Parliament - 24 March 2018 ===
This session marks the last session for 8th Parliament of WolvHaven. After debating 2 bill, Prime Minister _AngelKevin_ delivers his speech, which thanked citizen who participated and chose him as Prime Minister of WolvHaven and hoped for the best for next Parliament term and hoped for the best for the contested parties in the upcoming election. After that Senator y0urs_Tru1y, on behalf of the President, delivered the speech, which thanked every citizen participated Parliament and thanked the Speaker and clerks to make the Parliament happen and hope for best for the participating parties of the upcoming election and finally announcing 8th Parliament of WolvHaven dissolved.
==Members==
===House of Representatives===
Seats: 17
Speaker:
* Hon. Grass_Jelly, MP, Speaker of the House (Ninjabob1797)
* Hon. hinwapoon, MP, Deputy Speaker of the House
MPs:
Government:
* Hon. minebuilder1223, MP, Prime Minister, Leader of the House
* Hon. CackleFresh, MP, Leader of the House
* Rt. Hon. _AngelKevin_, MP, Prime Minister
* Hon. _Bromley, MP
* Hon. JuliusMS, MP
* Hon. olovld, MP
* Hon. Gugan11, MP
* Hon. sambrose, MP
* Hon. Heiopeii, MP (Blalex)
 
Opposition:
* Hon. MC_Dunc, MP, Leader of the Opposition
* VernCow, MP, Shadow Leader of the House
* Hon. Grass_Jelly, MP, Speaker of the House (Ninjabob1797) (Resigned)
* Rt. Hon. _ezzo, MP, Senator
* Hon. hinwapoon, MP, Deputy Speaker of the House (Cont.)
* Rt. Hon. Endarmatster, MP, Vice President, Senator (Endermat96)
* Rt. Hon. Rom5419, MP, Senator
Crossbench:
* autobus22, MP
* Guywhosbadatmath, MP (Number_101)
===Senate===
Seats: 8 → 10
Presiding Officer:
* HE SilverWolv, Senator, President, Presiding Officer of the Senate
* Rt. Hon. y0urs_Tru1y, Senator, Vice President, Deputy Presiding Officer of the Senate
Senators:
Government:
* N/A
Opposition:
* Rt. Hon. ROM5419, Senator, MP
* Rt. Hon. Endarmatster, Senator, Vice President, MP, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (Endermat96)
* Rt. Hon. _ezzo, Senator, MP
Crossbench:
* HE SilverWolv, Senator, President, Presiding Officer of the Senate
* Rt. Hon. y0urs_Tru1y, Senator, Vice President, Deputy Presiding Officer of the Senate
* Rt. Hon. Carew, Senator
* Rt. Hon. Axton, Senator
* Rt. Hon. Nixholas, Senator
* Rt. Hon. chickenjoshybwak, Senator (Appointed)
* Rt. Hon. GukkyGukz, Senator (Appointed)