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L157 #16: The Session Winds Down
Speeches fell 57% to 329, while votes rose to 68, as parliament wound down toward summer recess. Immigration, energy and budget items led the week, but no bill advanced.
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L157 #15: Few Votes, Weighty Debate
Just 40 votes but 761 speeches: a week spent debating bills rather than passing them. The 2027–2031 fiscal plan, the general political debate, and the summer referendum dominated the chamber. No bill advanced to a new stage.
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L157 #14: Ninety-Six Votes Before Recess
Ninety-six votes — a fourteen-fold jump from the week before — marked the end-of-session sprint. The deportation-centre bill, a transport plan to 2040, and the currency report dominated, while whole party caucuses chose to abstain.
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L157 #13: The EU Question Goes to the Nation
Six of the week's seven votes turned on one issue: a referendum on continuing EU accession talks, passed 34–8. Two camps argued past each other — and the Independence Party sat it out.
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L157 #12: Three Days, One Question
Session 157 weekly digest: 25 votes, 499 speeches, 12 committee meetings.
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L157 #11: Built on Sand
Session 157 weekly digest: 17 votes, 853 speeches, 0 committee meetings.
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L157 #10: New Words, Same Pressures
Session 157 weekly digest: 97 votes, 590 speeches, 0 committee meetings.
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L157 #9: Interest Rates Up, Answers Down
Session 157 weekly digest: 25 votes, 739 speeches, 0 committee meetings.
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L157 #8: Words Without Votes
Session 157 weekly digest: 1 votes, 301 speeches, 4 committee meetings.
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L157 #6: Five Laws and One Fish
Session 157 weekly digest: 58 votes, 239 speeches, 0 committee meetings.