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Three Line Whip
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The term �whip� is said to owe its origin to the �whippers-in� � people who keep the hounds in order at fox-hunting meets. Parliamentary whips are supposed to be similar disciplinarians, controlling the pack of MPs in their party.
The Whip� also refers to a document sent out weekly to MPs detailing the forthcoming business of the House. Items are underlined once, twice or three times to indicate their importance to the party leadership. When a �three-line� whip is issued, the leadership is letting MPs know that it expects them to turn up and vote on the matter under discussion.
The Whip� also refers to a document sent out weekly to MPs detailing the forthcoming business of the House. Items are underlined once, twice or three times to indicate their importance to the party leadership. When a �three-line� whip is issued, the leadership is letting MPs know that it expects them to turn up and vote on the matter under discussion.
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instruction to MP to attend vote: a notice, underlined three times for emphasis, issued to members of a political party requiring them to attend and vote in a particular way on a specific motion in the British Parliament
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noun (in the UK) a written notice, underlined three times to stress its urgency, to members of a political party to attend a parliamentary vote.
http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/threeline whip?view=uk
A member of a legislature appointed to facilitate party organization within the legislature. Generally, parties will each appoint a chief whip with a team of junior whips. The term is derived from the �whipper in� of English hunting parlance, whose role it is to keep the pack together in chasing its quarry. In the UK House of Commons the whips' intentions are made clear by the weekly circulation of a document detailing important votes, "three" lines being scratched under an item indicating the whips' strongest call for support. In many legislatures the job of the whips has expanded to take some responsibility for the management of the legislative timetable itself, as well as facilitating the communication of views between party leaders and back-bench representatives. Whips also become the means through which opposing parties can communicate over the management of the work of the legislature. In the UK House of Commons this is known as the �usual channels�.
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/diction ary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=561508751
noun (in the UK) a written notice, underlined three times to stress its urgency, to members of a political party to attend a parliamentary vote.
http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/threeline whip?view=uk
A member of a legislature appointed to facilitate party organization within the legislature. Generally, parties will each appoint a chief whip with a team of junior whips. The term is derived from the �whipper in� of English hunting parlance, whose role it is to keep the pack together in chasing its quarry. In the UK House of Commons the whips' intentions are made clear by the weekly circulation of a document detailing important votes, "three" lines being scratched under an item indicating the whips' strongest call for support. In many legislatures the job of the whips has expanded to take some responsibility for the management of the legislative timetable itself, as well as facilitating the communication of views between party leaders and back-bench representatives. Whips also become the means through which opposing parties can communicate over the management of the work of the legislature. In the UK House of Commons this is known as the �usual channels�.
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