Sentences with phrase «parliament by the home secretary»

«That the existence of this previously top secret database was finally revealed in parliament by the home secretary on Wednesday, as part of a comprehensive new investigatory powers bill covering many other previously secret intelligence capabilities, speaks volumes about how far we've come in a few short years.»

The Criminal Finances Bill, introduced in Parliament by the Home Secretary last week, aims to tackle money laundering and corruption, and recover the proceeds of crime and counter terrorist financing.

In April, the government proposed removing the defence as part of its action plan on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist finance, now included in the Criminal Finances Bill, introduced in Parliament by the Home Secretary this month.

Not exact matches

Despite a massively negative consultation on the subject last autumn, and the contrary assurances to parliament by the Education Secretary, Ed Balls, local authorities are to be given a duty to monitor the education of all home - schooled children.

Ms Chakrabarti was joined outside parliament by shadow home secretary David Davies and Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne.

The home secretary presented the Vine report into the reduced checks to the Commons, only to be met by demands that she apologise to parliament for her conduct.

That this House notes that the report of the inquiry conducted by Chief Constable Ian Johnston of the British Transport Police, and which was commissioned by the Metropolitan Police in December to review the arrest and investigation of the hon. Member for Ashford, has been withheld from public scrutiny and from Parliament despite the fact that parts of the report were released by the Metropolitan Police on 16 December 2008 and used in comments by Assistant Police Commissioner Bob Quick; and therefore calls on the Home Secretary to take appropriate measures to ensure that a copy of the report be placed in the Library without further delay.»

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper replied: «The home secretary will recognise that parliament has been put in a difficult position by this emergency legislation this week.

On Thursday home secretary John Reid said the government and police were doing «absolutely everything we can», pointing to the «limitations» imposed by parliament, the courts and the law.

Chair Keith Vaz asked the home secretary if it was wise to have appointed a parliamentarian (Butler - Sloss is a cross-bench peer), especially given the probity May exhibited when she refused to read a report into allegations of sexual abuse by members of parliament because they could be former colleagues.

There is no need for one because the job of governing England is done by the Prime Minster, the Home Secretary, The Justice Secretary, the rest of the Cabinet and the UK Parliament.

Home secretary, Jacqui Smith, is to have her expense claims investigated by parliament's standards watchdog.

Nick Clegg has hit back at Home Secretary Theresa May's «appaling» claim that the Liberal Democrats had put «children at risk» by rejecting the «snooper's charter» bill in Parliament.

The publication of the letter came as the home secretary prepared to face Parliament again on Monday, this time to explain why she appeared to mislead the home affairs select committee last week by denying any knowledge of targets.

Established in 1829 by an Act of Parliament introduced by then Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel, the London Metropolitan Police replaced an old system of watchmen and local police that primarily focused on preventing theft from the many docks along the banks of the River Thames.