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by Albert John Foster
Appointment to the position of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds is a procedural device to allow Members of Parliament to resign from the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Appointment to the position of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds is a procedural device to allow Members of Parliament to resign from the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Since MPs are technically forbidden to resign, they must resort to a legal fiction. An appointment to an "office of profit under The Crown" disqualifies an individual from sitting as a Member of Parliament (MP).
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Foster, Albert J. The Chiltern hundreds, by Albert J. Foster. book: half leather bound. book: half leather bound in calf. book: half leather bound in green calf.
The Chiltern Hundredsby Albert J. The Chiltern Hundreds. We probably only associate the name of the Chilterns With high chalk-downs, and deep coombes dotted With ancient box-trees; With smiling valleys Whose sides are clothed With beech-woods, and With breezy uplands, from Which we look down on the rich plains of the Thames and the Coln.
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Showing 19 of 19 results that match your query. the Crown Steward and Bailiff of the three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Burnham, and of the Manor of Northstead. Please visit our About Parliament pages for current information. These offices have been retained as nominal offices of profit solely to meet the requirements of the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975. Until 1919 Ministers, on their acceptance of office, were disqualified from sitting, and had to submit to an election.
