Sentences with phrase «constitutional affairs began»

The Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs began a study into the issue in February 2016.

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Liberal Democrat constitutional affairs spokesman Simon Hughes welcomed the plans, saying they were a «serious effort» to complete Lords reform that actually began in 1911, although he said his party would be voting for a wholly or substantially elected chamber.

One difference of note is that while the Canadian federal government has had responsibilities for aboriginal affairs from the beginning, the federal government in Australia was excluded from such a constitutional role until 1967.