5 definitions
Permanent Deputation (n.) is a parliament shrunk small enough that the arithmetic changes.
Permanent Deputation (n.) is a legislature in hibernation that still wakes for whatever the government calls an emergency.
Permanent Deputation (n.) is the understudy that goes on while the whole cast is out campaigning.
Permanent Deputation (n.) is the house-sitter a democracy leaves behind while it is out asking for votes.
Permanent Deputation (n.) is a constitutional spare tire: smaller, slower, and never meant for the whole trip.