Sentences with phrase «black rod summons»
His heckling (particularly at the state opening of Parliament when Black Rod summons the Commons to hear the Queen «s speech — which Skinner, a republican, boycotts) has earned him the nickname «the beast of Bolsover» (more information at They work for you)
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Her words were not her own, and when she sent Black Rod to summon the Commons to hear her, he had the door of that Chamber slammed in his face, and had to knock to gain admittance.
Once the Governor General arrives in the Senate, the Usher of the Black Rod is again dispatched to summon the House of Commons, and the Members troop up again to stand at the bar of the Upper House.