Sentences with phrase «parliament over an investigation»

Not exact matches

Greece's Parliament was to vote late Thursday on whether to launch criminal investigations into two former prime ministers and two finance ministers over how leaked data on Greeks who banked in Switzerland was handled.

The Member of Parliament for Efutu in the Central Region, Alexander Afenyo Markin, was over the weekend arrested by the police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in connection with a leaked tape implicating him for extortion over the Agriculture Development Bank's IPO saga.

And the government is consulting on how in future the ISC should be appointed and should report to parliament - with, where possible, hearings in public, a strengthened capacity for investigations, reports subject to more parliamentary debate and greater transparency over appointments to the committee.

Its motion called for Mr Hunt to face investigation over whether he breached the ministerial code on giving accurate and truthful information to parliament and responsibility for his special adviser.

Some aspects of this remain obscure, despite over 25 years of media investigation and scrutiny by both Houses of Parliament and the European Union.

The falling out of the committee is a surprising development, given it had conducted itself with what appeared to be a united front for the duration of its investigation into whether parliament was misled over phone - hacking.

Andrew Tyrie said today's confirmation by Cabinet Office minister Ken Clarke that the investigation would instead be handed over to Parliament's controversial Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) was «a mistake».

The investigation began following a hearing of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee which said that there was an «unacceptable lack of clarity» over who owned assets held by the trust.

The investigation began after a hearing of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee which said there was an «unacceptable lack of clarity» over who owned assets held by the trust.

In Westminsterian governments (Australia, UK, Canada) whilst political bodies (the parliament, senate or House of Commons) can order investigations they do not conduct them, the investigation is handed over to actual investigators like judges, lawyers and police (oh crap, these are government employee's too, thankfully I'm not a paranoid nutbag).