Sentences with phrase «mps heard evidence»
Hodge said: the department had been forced to follow up allegations brought to the committee's attention after MPs heard evidence from whistleblowers who alleged that private companies were at the centre of fraudulent activity.
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MPs heard evidence from the National AIDS Trust and others, that the ban on poppers which are widely used by gay men, could increase the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, as well as forcing current users into the hands of drug dealers.
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These focus on increasing opportunities for MPs to hear external evidence, providing greater support to parliamentarians carrying out this work, and trying to get more value from the tax expertise in the House of Lords.
The Investigatory Powers Tribunal heard evidence this morning of the widespread interception of calls by prisoners to their MPs.
At the first day's hearing by the National Constitutional Committee (NCC) into Wadsworth's future in the Labour Party, around 40 Labour MPs and peers accompanied Smeeth to ensure she was able to be present to give evidence.
I'm all in favour of getting party leaders to give evidence to select committees, but these hearings only work if the MPs get a chance to probe and cross-examine, using follow - up questions.
Mr Wadsworth's disciplinary hearing proved to be a lightning rod in Labour's ongoing internal battle over anti-Semitism, with some MPs including Jess Phillips, Louise Ellman, Rachel Reeves, Margaret Hodge and Wes Streeting flanking Ms Smeeth as she arrived to give evidence in the face of protests.
In a statement, the MPs said that serious questions had arisen about the evidence Ms Brooks and the News of the World's former editor Andy Coulson gave at a previous hearing in 2003.
MPs on the parliamentary education committee have heard evidence from headteachers and local authority officers, who warned that vulnerable pupils are being forced out of mainstream schools due to «cliff - edge» accountability measures and a narrowing of the school curriculum.