Sentences with phrase «in parliamentary questions»

Rhetoric, political grandstanding or lengthy dull answers can usually get you through a tricky spot in parliamentary questions or a debate, but a select committee hearing allows a more detailed consideration with follow up questions and probing.

Anti-EU campaign group Veterans for Britain revealed that he was challenged in a Parliamentary Question to assess the potential effect on Ministry of Defence spending of leaving the EU.

Gibb said in a parliamentary question: «This programme will ensure that there is a sufficient number of teachers for these [5,000] pupils.»

Not exact matches

«We are considering potential changes to the UK passport after the UK has left the European Union,» the immigration minister, Robert Goodwill, said in reply to a parliamentary question about reintroducing Britain's «old blue style passport» from the Conservative MP Julian Knight.

In his appearance before a parliamentary committee, Facebook Canada's public policy head Kevin Chan was questioned by New Democrat MP Charlie Angus on why he had yet to register as a lobbyist, given the fact he's met senior cabinet members, including Finance Minister Bill Morneau.

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.

In our view, the immediate question is whether Macron can build a parliamentary majority to support the implementation of his reform program.

«I think, given the extraordinary evidence we've heard so far today, it is absolutely astonishing that Mark Zuckerberg is not prepared to submit himself to questioning in front of a parliamentary or congressional hearing, given these are questions of fundamental importance and concern to his users, as well as to this inquiry,» Damian Collins, the member of parliament heading the UK committee, said earlier on Tuesday.

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Conservative Party members will gather in Manchester next week for the party's annual conference, against the backdrop of Mrs May having lost her parliamentary majority in a snap election and continued questions about cabinet unity over Brexit.

Some questioned SBC's motivation, given the way in which the parliamentary drama unfolded.

The discussion highlighted the need for a substantive parliamentary debate on the current abortion legislation since medical science and practice is raising serious questions over when the foetus becomes viable outside the womb, the current twenty - four week limit for «social» abortion and the growing number of doctors in the UK who are refusing to perform abortions because of the aforementioned.

After Mann spotted a story in The Guardian, he began to fire parliamentary questions at Fox about his dealings with the infamous Adam Werrity.

The super-injunction was revealed to have included a parliamentary question, triggering an angry backlash against Carter Ruck, which secured it on behalf of Trafigura, in the Commons.

There has been a 35 per cent rise in the number of under - 18s admitted to A&E after binge drinking, parliamentary questions by the Liberal Democrats revealed.

In fact, it wasn't thus even one hour beforehand, when no - one would say anything about him except «he has questions to answer» (parliamentary code for «get your coat, mate, you're done»).

In response to a parliamentary question tabled in the House of Lords, the Department for Education (DfE) has at last conceded that the overwhelming majority of objections submitted to school admission policies by the British Humanist Association (BHA) and Fair Admissions Campaign (FAC) correctly identified breaches of the laIn response to a parliamentary question tabled in the House of Lords, the Department for Education (DfE) has at last conceded that the overwhelming majority of objections submitted to school admission policies by the British Humanist Association (BHA) and Fair Admissions Campaign (FAC) correctly identified breaches of the lain the House of Lords, the Department for Education (DfE) has at last conceded that the overwhelming majority of objections submitted to school admission policies by the British Humanist Association (BHA) and Fair Admissions Campaign (FAC) correctly identified breaches of the law.

If we take the view that all those who have a stake in policy deliberations must be integrated in parliamentary discussions for parliaments to be legitimate, then the answer to the question «why youth quotas?»

«Relocation of staff out of expensive London offices to other regions continues to be high on the agenda as an option to deliver the savings needed,» Smith said in response to a written parliamentary question by Labour MP Diana Johnson.

Okudzeto Ablakwa also questioned why I had not followed up on my previous assertions that Anas Amereyaw Anas was a covert government agent whom the Mahama government had instructed to suppress his parliamentary corruption investigative video clip in order to reduce the public confidence only in the judiciary.

The government has revealed in answer to a parliamentary question that 200,000 children will be pushed into relative income poverty by its bill to cut social security benefits and tax credits in real terms.

What may indeed turn out to be most significant about these proposals, in constitutional terms, is that they may create the impetus for a broader reformist agenda around the question of a more clearly delineated «English» dimension within the UK's system of parliamentary government.

The Home Officer Minister responsible for firearms licensing, Nick Hurd MP, has announced in a written answer to a parliamentary question that fees for licensing are being reviewed

He has sharpened his act at Prime Minister's Questions — where his performances serve as a barometer of morale in the Parliamentary Labour Party.

Tory grandee Ken Clarke said: «On the question of the parliamentary role, I think the Prime Minister was not relying on the archaic, narrow interpretation of the Royal prerogative, which no government has invoked in this country for over 50 years - they have always come to Parliament for debates and votes if possible on any military action.

The education secretary said that he would not undermine Ofqual's authority in regulating qualifications and examinations in English schools, during the first questions on education of the Parliamentary session.

As if deputy PM Nick Clegg hadn't been sidelined enough in the last parliamentary term, his version of PMQs - Deputy Prime Minister's Questions - was labelled «useless» in this morning's first culture questions put to new culture secretary Maria Miller and culture minister Hugh RQuestions - was labelled «useless» in this morning's first culture questions put to new culture secretary Maria Miller and culture minister Hugh Rquestions put to new culture secretary Maria Miller and culture minister Hugh Robertson.

Lords» Questions, which are similar to Parliamentary Questions (PQs) in the House of Commons, are effectively tools for obtaining information from the Government that is not already in the public domain.

Campaigners and MPs expressed disappointment after a parliamentary question revealed the update on the vulnerable persons relocation scheme, which was set up to run in parallel with UN-led refugee programmes.

However, Finance Minister - designate, Ken Ofori Atta, answering questions when he appeard before the parliamentary Appointment Committee denied the President's pledge saying «I don't know where we (NPP) promised to pay all contractors in 100 days.»

The tiny branch in question is the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP).

«Speaking in the chamber is only one of the ways members hold the government to account and this research ignores members» contributions including amending legislation, asking the government written questions and serving on select committees — more than 320 members served on committees in the last session of parliament — as well as parliamentary work away from the chamber.

The actual text of the agreement says: «We will whip both Parliamentary parties in both Houses to support a simple majority referendum on the Alternative Vote», so while it does prevent a PR option in the same question, it doesn't preclude separate questions being asked, such as:

As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning the number of new additional jobs created since 1997 in the (a) public sector and (b) private sector.

We can not be entirely sure on this, because 10 Downing street seems to have had a policy in recent times, under the current incumbent, of not answering parliamentary questions about visits or meetings.»

That's why, as MPs start the second reading of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill on 6 September, I am tabling an amendment that would rewrite the referendum question to allow people to choose from a wider range of voting systems, including properly proportional options such as the additional member system (used in elections for the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Greater London Assembly) and the single transferable vote (used in Northern Ireland).

The Parliamentary Under - Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice (Lord Bach): Ministers have received two letters and one Parliamentary Question from the noble Lord, Lord Carlile of Berriew, answered by my noble friend Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 29 September 2008 (Official Report, col. WA416) specifically about the presence of Law Lords in the House of Lords since the passing of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.»

While the parliamentary questions might be relatively easily resolved in the short term, some of these bigger questions could prove very difficult indeed.

Responding to a parliamentary question from Tory MP Bob Neill in July 2009 regarding possible reductions in the present level of green belt protection, housing minister John Healey insisted that the level of protection would not be affected by any regional spatial strategy and that this was set out in National Planning Policy.

His prison minister was asked a series of parliamentary questions about the amount of contraband getting into prisons through parcels in the lead - up to the ban.

It must be emphasized that when parliamentary approval is given under article 268 (1) the agreement in question remains an executive act and not the act of the legislature.»

An answer to a parliamentary question has also revealed that the BHA has received a further # 35,000 from the Equality and Human Rights Commission to to deliver «increased understanding of issues of religion or belief in the context of equality and human rights within the voluntary sector, media and general public».

In February 2017, More United launched a campaign to secure a Parliamentary debate on how Brexit will impact the NHS, arguing that the government has not given this question sufficient consideration.

Just received from CCHQ: «Parliamentary Questions, buried by John Prescott and yet to be published in Hansard, have today revealed that Prescott has spent # 645 of taxpayers money on a new sign for his office — replacing the previous «Office of the Deputy Prime Minister» sign with a new «Deputy Prime Minister's Office» sign.

In 2005 he visited Gibraltar twice, as a guest of the Gibraltar government and the Liberal party of Gibraltar, and subsequently asked two parliamentary questions and tabled three early day motions without declaring his interests.

In answer to a parliamentary question from Caroline Flint MP, Labour's Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, the Government confirmed that the budget for this year's Warm Front scheme is # 100m.

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Speaking before the debate in prime minister's questions, Mr Blair once again defended the timing of the vote, claiming any parliamentary decision on the design stage of Trident must be made «today».

· For details of new figures given by the government, see the parliamentary written answer to question 137238 in column 715W of Hansard, which is linked to here: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm130115/text/130115w0003.htm · CPAG is the leading charity campaigning for the abolition of child poverty in the UK and for a better deal for low - income families and children.

Of course, there are differences in style, focus, strategy, etc., but my question is limited to actual parliamentary voting records.