# Word for affected parties

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-affected-parties/415412>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 13, 2007, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-affected-parties/415412 "2007-08-13T09:23:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-affected-parties/415412/1 "2007-08-13T09:23:56Z")

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A Swedish friend asks me,

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> In Sweden – and I imagine it’s the same elsewhere – there is a system whereby a political proposal which would affect a certain area or organisation is remitted to (representatives of) that area or organisation for consideration, before a decision is taken. For instance, if there is a proposal to change the national school curricula, it’s likely that the proposal would be remitted to school authorities, to teachers’ unions and other parties affected, and these parties would then be required to respond to the proposal in writing within a certain period of time (which invariably tends to be too short). The various responses will then form part of the material on which the final decision is made. Could you think of an English word for a “body to which a proposed measure is referred for consideration”?

I though of “interested parties”, but maybe someone else has a better word?

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-affected-parties/415412/2 "2007-08-13T10:02:20Z")

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Here, we call them “stakeholders” as well as interested parties.

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**Author:** ![Dinaroozie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Dinaroozie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinaroozie)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-affected-parties/415412/3 "2007-08-13T10:06:47Z")

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“Stakeholders” maybe?

On review… yes, I agree with **Ice Wolf**. Obviously.

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-affected-parties/415412/4 "2007-08-13T16:01:29Z")

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Good answer, thanks.