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Establish a Ministry of
Peace with the function of promoting conflict resolution.
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Be it enacted by the Queen’s
most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and
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consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present
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Parliament assembled, and by the
authority of the same, as follows:—
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There shall be a Ministry of
Peace which shall have the following
functions— | |
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to advise the Prime Minister and
the Secretary of State for Foreign and
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Commonwealth Affairs during a
military conflict or when a military
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to advise Ministers of the Crown
about non-violent conflict resolution
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in respect of the negotiation of
treaties and at other times as may be
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specified in the Prime Minister’s
report under subsection 3(1)
below; | |
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to advise Ministers of the Crown,
the Northern Ireland Assembly, the
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Scottish Executive and the
National Assembly for Wales about the
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resolution of conflicts or
potential conflicts and other matters which
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disturb or threaten to disturb the
peace in the United Kingdom or in | |
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to educate the public about
conflict resolution; | |
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to facilitate public
participation in the development and
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implementation of solutions to
local, regional, national, and | |
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international conflicts;
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the Secretary of State for
Education and Skills on the | |
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preparation of programmes of
study relating to peace education | |
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to be included in the National
Curriculum; | |
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the Department of Education in
Northern Ireland on the | |
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preparation of programmes of
study relating to peace education | |
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to be included in the National
Curriculum; and | |
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the Scottish Executive
Education Department on the | |
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preparations of guidelines
relating to peace education. | |
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The Prime Minister
may by order create additional functions for the Ministry
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An order made under this section
shall not come into effect unless a draft of it
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has been laid before, and
approved by resolution of, each House of
Parliament. | |
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As part of the Ministry for Peace there shall be
established a Commission for | |
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Peace with the following functions,
namely to— | |
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monitor and report to Parliament
from time to time on the effectiveness
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of the Government and local
government in preventing and resolving
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conflict at local, regional,
national and international levels | |
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provide advice to the Secretary of
State; | |
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seek to improve the links between
universities, the research councils
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and other research institutions
and local, national and international
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organisations concerned with the
promotion of peace or the prevention
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and resolution of
conflict; | |
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assist non-governmental
organisations in analysing, sharing their
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experience of, and learning from,
peace-building work in regions | |
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where there are
conflicts; | |
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determine criteria for the establishment
of local and regional peace
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commissions, with discretion to
provide financial or other
assistance to such
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commissions where these criteria are
satisfied; | |
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facilitate collaboration between
organisations concerned with the | |
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promotion of peace or the
prevention and resolution of conflict and the
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encourage public support for
peace-building. | |
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Report and draft Bill on the work of the Ministry for Peace and the
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Within 100 days after this Act
is passed the Prime Minister shall publish a
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report (“the Report”) and a draft
Bill (“the Bill”) which shall
include— | |
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the further steps which need to
be taken to establish a Ministry for
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Peace and a Commission for Peace
within the Ministry for
Peace; and | |
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which of the matters listed in
Schedule 1 should be addressed by the
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Ministry
for Peace and what additional functions it should
have. | |
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When preparing the Report and
Bill, the Prime Minister shall have regard to
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the sources and texts listed in
Schedule 2. | |
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Before laying the Report before
Parliament and publishing the Bill the Prime
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Minister shall consult as many
persons falling within each of the categories
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listed in Schedule 3 as
is reasonably practicable. | |
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There
shall be paid out of money provided by
Parliament— | |
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any
expenditure of the Secretary of State in consequence of this Act;
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any
increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable out of money
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provided
by virtue of any other Act. | |
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Matters which might be
addressed by, and potential functions of, the Ministry
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of Peace for the purposes of
section 3 | |
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Within the United
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In relation to the United
Kingdom, the following are to be considered as
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potential matters to be
addressed by the Ministry of
Peace— | |
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domestic violence,
including spousal abuse, child abuse, and
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mistreatment of older
people; | |
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drug and alcohol
abuse; | |
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crime, punishment, and
rehabilitation; | |
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the implements of
violence, including handguns; | |
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school violence and
gangs; | |
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violence on the grounds
of sex, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or
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national origin,
religion or belief, sexual orientation, disability and
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police-community
relations disputes; | |
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unlawful violence
against animals; and | |
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the use of excess force
by employees or agents of public
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