Sentences with phrase «chair of parliamentary committee»

The Chair of parliamentary committee investigating «fake news», the conservative MP Damian Collins, accused both Cambridge Analytica and Facebook of misleading his committee's investigation in a statement early Sunday morning indicating that both companies would be called in for more questioning.

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Damian Collins, the chair of the British parliamentary committee investigating the data breach, said that the ICO and Electoral Commission must have unfettered access to Cambridge Analytica.

Andrew Tyrie, chair of the British parliamentary committee investigating the LIBOR, asked Paul Tucker, the deputy governor of the Bank of England, whether he was confident that it was now working normally.

The former chair of the parliamentary standards and privileges committee - which regulates Commons expenses - resigned his position when it emerged he had claimed nearly # 30,000 for a second home in which he rarely stayed.

Stephen Williams, chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Treasury Committee, comments on the public accounts committee (PAC) report into corporate tax aCommittee, comments on the public accounts committee (PAC) report into corporate tax acommittee (PAC) report into corporate tax avoidance:

Unless and until Labour achieves some sort of coherence, it is a peculiarity of this parliament that opposition to a government with a truly precarious majority, arises in the oddest places: powerful individual performers, such as Keir Starmer and Angela Eagle, or dynamic parliamentary committees, such as the Women's Committee, chaired by Maria Miller.

According to the Parliamentary Affairs Minister, the fact that Nana Akufo - Addo was a ranking member on the committee Alban Kingsford Sumani Bagbin chaired and the former has become president does not necessarily suggest the NDC longest serving Member of Parliament can also become a president.

«Last November, I mentioned to the Government chief whip and the parliamentary commissioner for standards my concern, on behalf of the House, about what many might regard as an inherent incompatibility between chairing a select committee and having commercial interests, even though fully transparently registered, in the sector covered by that committee,» the Speaker wrote.

Alban Bagbin has become the face of Ghanaian politics not for his 25 years so far in parliament and still counting, but for the extraordinary role he played as two terms Minority Leader, twice Majority Leader and Chairman of some strategic committees of Parliament such as Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Committee, which he chaired twice, Public Accounts and Appointments Committee.

The former chair of the home affairs select committee has been at the centre of a long - running inquiry by the parliamentary commissioner for standards.

A Parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee set up by the Speaker of Parliament and chaired by Joe Ghartey, MP for Essikado Ketan and Minister for Railways Development would commence investigations into the allegations.

Keith Vaz, the former chair of the home affairs select committee, has been appointed to the justice committee despite a rare parliamentary manoeuvre to stop him by a Conservative MP.

Hilary Benn has been elected chair of the new parliamentary committee that will scrutinise government policy on the UK's exit from the EU.

The company has complained to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards about the conduct of Iain Wright, the former Labour MP for Hartlepool, who chaired the business, innovation and skills select committee during the last parliament.

One important venue of parliamentary scrutiny and accountability is the Commons select committee system, which has just elected a new cohort of committee chairs.

Secondly, committee chair positions are divided up among the parliamentary parties in rough proportion to their levels of electoral support and with government having a large say in which committee chairs they retain.

Much has been made of the fact that the Wright system might allow an injection of new blood, with MPs less socialised and institutionalised into the parliamentary system taking committee chair positions previously only available to parliamentary lifers.

In 1995 the Procedure Committee recommended that the Member with the longest continuous service (not being a Minister, Assistant Minister, Parliamentary Secretary, party leader or deputy leader, or a party whip) take the Chair during the election of the Speaker, in place of the Clerk, but the House did not adopt this recommendation.49

«The committee has unanimously accepted the chair» recommendation that he absent himself from committee business for the duration of the investigation of the parliamentary commissioner for standards, following his self - referral at the weekend,» a spokesperson said.

The UK ranks 48th in the world for parliamentary representation of women, a state of affairs, Maria Miller MP, Chair of the Commons Women and Equalities Committee, recently described as «shockingly low».

The report also supports cross-party chairing, a key feature of the Parliamentary select committees, but has held back from following the Guidance in Wales, which requires opposition parties to chair at least one scrutiny committee in each council.

He continues that if the chair of the Treasury Committee and members of the Committee were to be taken to complete a joint - parliamentary committee, they would be stretched, doing «two jobs» when there are other important issues that have yet to be cCommittee and members of the Committee were to be taken to complete a joint - parliamentary committee, they would be stretched, doing «two jobs» when there are other important issues that have yet to be cCommittee were to be taken to complete a joint - parliamentary committee, they would be stretched, doing «two jobs» when there are other important issues that have yet to be ccommittee, they would be stretched, doing «two jobs» when there are other important issues that have yet to be concluded.

Tom Brake, who chairs meetings of the Lib Dem MPs charged with running the parliamentary committees, said he wanted to see more backbench input «further upstream» in the policymaking process.

He said Labour MP Tony Wright, chair of the public administration committee, would work with a cross-party Parliamentary commission to discuss constitutional reform.

Committee chair Hilary Benn said by omitting the material, ministers may have breached parliamentary privilege by snubbing the terms of a motion demanding the material's publication which was passed by the Commons earlier this month.

Warsi has written to Labour MP Yvette Cooper, the chair of the parliamentary home affairs committee, to ask her to investigate hate speech.

The House yesterday debated the proposal, originally put forward by Parliament First (the All - Party Parliamentary Group on reform of parliamentary procedure which I chair), that all amendments tabled at the committee and report stages of bills should have to be accompanied by an explanation of their purpose in no more tParliamentary Group on reform of parliamentary procedure which I chair), that all amendments tabled at the committee and report stages of bills should have to be accompanied by an explanation of their purpose in no more tparliamentary procedure which I chair), that all amendments tabled at the committee and report stages of bills should have to be accompanied by an explanation of their purpose in no more than 50 words.

The House yesterday debated the proposal, originally put forward by Parliament First (the All - Party Parliamentary Group on reform of parliamentary procedure which I chair), that all amendments tabled at the committee and report stagesParliamentary Group on reform of parliamentary procedure which I chair), that all amendments tabled at the committee and report stagesparliamentary procedure which I chair), that all amendments tabled at the committee and report stages of -LSB-...]

Ian Marsh has hailed Select Committees as a «newly emboldened» and «empowered system», BBC Parliamentary correspondent Mark d'Arcy described the post-Wright SC system as «more powerful and independent - minded than ever before», and Sir Richard Ottaway, former Chair of Foreign Affairs Select Committee, said that the 2010 — 2015 Parliament would be remembered as «the Parliament of the Select Committee».

Will Malcolm Rifkind stand down as chair of parliamentary security and intelligence committee?

For example, with regard to attendance and turnover rates, the size of the payroll vote impacts negatively upon the level of electoral competition for chair positions and membership, and select committee work is often incompatible with other parliamentary duties such as constituency case work, scrutiny of legislation and contributing to debates.

He also chaired the Home Affairs Select Committee and was a member of the Parliamentary Committee, giving him direct access to the court of Tony Blair.

He set up and chairs the all - party committee on extraordinary rendition and is a strong advocate of constitutional and parliamentary reform.

Senior Labour MP John Mann took to Twitter and called for Sir Malcolm to step down as Chair of the Parliamentary Intelligence and Security committee following the disclosures:

The Political and Constitutional Reform Committee, chaired by Labour MP Graham Allen has complained that it has been given inadequate time to scrutinise the legislation that will fix parliamentary terms, cut the number of MPs to 600 and enable a nationwide referendum on the voting system.

In November, five chairs of parliamentary select committees sent a strongly worded letter to the education secretary, Justine Greening, demanding a change in government policy towards SRE in schools.

As well as being a former member of the Commons Education Select Committee, Mr Hinds once chaired the All - Party Parliamentary Group on Social Mobility — a key issue for both the prime minister and Ms Greening.

The chairs of five Parliamentary Select Committees have written to the Secretary of State for Education, Justine Greening to call for Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PHSE) and Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) to be made a statutory subject in schools.

As well as being a former member of the Commons Education Select Committee, he once chaired the All - Party Parliamentary Group on Social Mobility — a key issue for both the prime minister, and his immediate predecessor, Justine Greening.

Neil Carmichael, chair of the parliamentary Education Committee which wrote the report, said that he was not surprised most people had never heard of the regional schools commissioners (RSCs).

Meg Hillier, the chair of the parliamentary public accounts committee, has written to Jonathan Slater, the DfE's permanent secretary, demanding an update on several government cost - saving initiatives.

The chair of the parliamentary public accounts committee Meg Hillier has spoken out against costly private finance initiative contracts and warned that the scheme's relaunch as PF2 is...

After eight years in post, Graham Stuart has said that he will not be putting his name forward to be chair of the education select committee this parliamentary term.

The chair of the parliamentary public accounts committee Meg Hillier has spoken out against costly private finance initiative contracts and warned that the scheme's relaunch as PF2 is little more than a rebrand.

Meg Hillier, the Labour MP who chairs the parliamentary public accounts committee, accused the government of «choosing to open new free schools in areas which do not need them and are failing to fill places».

The committee is chaired by Mr Yeo Guat Kwang, a member of the Ministry of National Development's Government Parliamentary Ccommittee is chaired by Mr Yeo Guat Kwang, a member of the Ministry of National Development's Government Parliamentary CommitteeCommittee.

We instigated two ourselves and, in response to a letter to the Chair of the Parliamentary Science and Technology Committee, our Vice-Chancellor made clear his enthusiasm for cooperating with a Parliamentary Inquiry, should that be the decision.

The committee, chaired by Sir Alan Beith and rather lacking in Parliamentary stars, was particularly concerned to probe the implications of price competitive tendering.

As Peter Showler, former Chair of the IRB, testifying before the Parliamentary committee considering these reforms, stated: «In regard to the [revised] refugee claim process itself, I must say candidly that the time limits are simply too short and will undermine its fairness and its efficiency».