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Parliament To Speak: The Scots refused to withdraw without an indemnity so large that the government could not hope to pay it without taxes voted by Parliament. Men on all sides called for a Parliament. After refusing to come to terms with the Short Parliament in April 1640, Charles had to surrender to the Long Parliament in November.
The Fifteen had, however, one definite effect on the British constitution, for during the course of the rising the septennial act, by which the life of Parliament was extended from three to seven years, was passed. The measure was intended to be temporary, for the purpose of preventing an election during a time of civil war, but it lasted until the Parliament act of 1911 reduced the duration of Parliament to five years.
The officials of these associations maintain a dose watch on and a close contact with central civil servants, conveying to them the views of their members and discussing administrative orders and proposed legislation affecting local authorities. They also enlist sympathetic members of Parliament to speak on their behalf. The national government usually treads warily and tries Dot
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