Sentences with phrase «democracy debate in parliament»

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I gave the example of the late Lord Biffen and the current example of my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond, Yorks, but there have been many other people who gained an appetite for engaging in democracy and debate through the political process, without coming to visit Parliament and without having to sit on the green Benches.»

Compare that with Parliament, which is always full of people, bustling about, seeking out and sometimes haranguing their elected representatives, accessing and engaging in modern democracy and observing vibrant, but often rough and tumble, debate.

[19] Parliamentary privilege is essentially the «cornerstone of parliamentary democracy» [20] in that it secures the protection of elected members of Parliament to speak freely and debate freely on all proceedings in the legislatures and Parliament without risk of civil or criminal liability or any interference from the court.