So the key factor is whether the government allows it enough parliamentary time to become law, an issue on which ministers have been havering.
Since the proposals would require a two-thirds parliamentary majority to become law, Mrs Kumaratunga has been blocked by a lack of support in parliament.
Other proposals to ban live animal exports from Labour MP Gwyn Prosser and an amendment to the Sex Discrimination Act to allow single sex sporting events or clubs from Tory MP Robert Walter are unlikely to receive enough parliamentary time to become law.
The move to formally repeal the law followed a parliamentary question asked last year.
MSPs unanimously backed a change in the law following a short parliamentary debate.
Marek Jurek, parliamentary speaker and deputy chairman of Law and Justice, says that changing this is necessary to create the conditions for making Poland a more democratic country.
This has led to a legal quagmire, with electoral law, the constitution and parliamentary standing orders contradicting each other.
Police are "right" to look again at whether former Labour minister Denis MacShane broke the law in his abuse of parliamentary expenses, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has said.
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But several MPs raised concerns about it in the Commons on Thursday and are planning a debate next week on the "effects of English libel law on the reporting of parliamentary proceedings".
The new counter-terrorism document also talks about the need to "challenge those who reject the rights to which we are committed, scorn the institutions and values of our parliamentary democracy, dismiss the rule of law and promote intolerance".
The Bill is unlikely to become law due to a lack of parliamentary time.
But it stands no chance of becoming law because of a lack of parliamentary time.
It is also necessary to ensure that, in accordance with the law, all political forces with parliamentary representation are present at the district polling commissions.
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Last September, Law and Justice came first in parliamentary elections.
His Surrogate Parents (Leave, Pay and Allowance Arrangements) Bill was given an unopposed first reading, but stands little chance of becoming law due to a lack of parliamentary time.
His Succession to the Crown Bill was given an unopposed first reading in the Commons on Tuesday but it stands little chance of becoming law because of a lack of parliamentary time.
Mr Thomas's Energy Generation (Planning and Right to Invest) Bill received an unopposed first reading, but it is unlikely to become law due to a lack of parliamentary time.
The government has ordered an inquiry into fox-hunting, but is expected to make parliamentary time available for a hunting ban to become law.
His appointment, without the parliamentary approval that would be needed under the new law, could mean Hayami is seen by the ruling party as its man, says Okazaki.
They have also used their parliamentary strength to mount a counterthrust, rushing to enact a law that would ban officials from the ousted regime of Hosni Mubarak from politics.
The roots of the row stretch back to the parliamentary elections, which followed a procedure set by an electoral law providing for two-thirds of the seats to be allocated by party lists and the rest to be fought by individuals running as independents.
After the bill was submitted, the Press Council, a government-formed group made up of journalists and government appointees, issued a statement calling for the parliamentary debate to be delayed until an amended version of the law can be drafted with input from media organizations.
In a parliamentary system with a large majority, such as Labour enjoys, any law can be rammed through quickly enough.
These and other questions are set to take on much greater significance next month when a draft law on the tribunal for the Khmer Rouge is sent for parliamentary approval.
On 16 October, Ms Dorries told a committee of MPs responsible for allocating business in the main chamber on some days each parliamentary session that she would be seeking a full Commons debate on abortion law in 2013, in addition to the Westminster Hall debate.
If they lose their parliamentary majority in February, they say, reformers will simply rescind the new law before the next election.
British members of a parliamentary committee dealing with the media are now broadening a planned inquiry into privacy law and press regulation.
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However, even though they could defeat and embarrass David Cameron that coalition could not force a new press law into being (since it is the government that controls the parliamentary time needed to pass legislation).
In the next Parliamentary Session, the centre-piece will be John Reid's immigration and law and order reforms.
"In the event that this should fail, I have already begun to lobby the leaders of other political parties in parliament, to refer the law directly to the Constitutional Court, " the DA's parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko said in a speech before the vote.
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