Sentences with phrase «debate in parliament about»

However the first some heard of Atkins was when she branded Donald Trump a «wazzock» during the recent debate in parliament about whether the tycoon should be allowed to enter the UK.

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It has quality assets here in Texas, quality assets in the U.S., and with the recent news coming from the Russian Parliament that they may cut off uranium and titanium exports to the U.S., it is actually going to be debating this on May 15, the stock has been up about 20 or 30 % in the last few days, in large part because of the safety that the assets provide jurisdiction wise.

The significant differences between the spokesmen of the colonies and the majority in the British Parliament, and the debates about them, prepared the way intellectually for the formation of the American union.

When added to that, the EU referendum debate becomes one about Miliband's authority in parliament, too.

He said: «We had a debate in the last Parliament about gay marriage, I voted the way I did but I'm very happy with the outcome.

If things were in any way normal, we would expect the creation of a public body to involve primary legislation: an actual bill, debated in parliament, talked about on TV stations and radio programmes - the standard democratic routine.

A lot has been made in the press and in the recent parliamentary debates about the moral obligation for members of parliament to respect «the will of the people» as expressed in the narrow victory for leaving the European Union in the Brexit referendum of last June.

THE REFERENDUM PREDICAMENT A lot has been made in the press and in the recent parliamentary debates about the moral obligation for members of parliament to respect «the will...

So perhaps it is not surprising that an important new book about women in Parliament has been overlooked so far in the pre-election debate.

For example, throughout the course of the last parliament, there was massive popular support for a public debate about the 90's privatisation of the railways, and how rail users have got the rough end of the stick in terms of their fairs.

In our post bag this month: the unitary authority debate sparks anger, fierce resistance to compulsory voting and Parliament isn't all about the commons

Today's latest poll, conducted by Ipsos MORI for STV news, addresses three of the key questions about the future of Scottish politics — the race for second place at Holyrood, the debate about whether the Scottish Parliament should be attempting its new income tax powers in the near future, and the impact that a UK -LSB-...]

That's when we are likely to find out more details about a debate in Parliament on the UK's military action in Syria.

Since returning to parliament Galloway has faced criticism for the scarcity of his appearances in the Commons, been banned by the National Union of Students for comments about the Julian Assange rape case and stormed out of a debate after discovering his opponent was an Israeli.

«When you are changing examinations, it's important to have a clear view about what you achieve, but it's also important to listen to the teaching profession and let parliament and parents get involved in the debate as well,» Gove told the Today programme.

«We need to have a much wider debate in Britain about how a Parliament works, how we elect our representatives and how we can transform more power to people themselves,» he said.

While religious leaders are as entitled as anyone else to express their views about the Assisted Dying Bill - about to be debated in Parliament - there is no doubt the media give the opinions of «faith leaders» disproportionate prominence.

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.

When he appears in the chamber later, Mr Crabb will tell AMs that «devolution is not an endless journey» and that «it is time for the 16 - year continuous debate about powers to end and for the Welsh Assembly to become a full Parliament.»

The petition is being run by the League Against Cruel Sports and if it attracts enough signatures it is hoped the issue will be debated in Parliament and bring about a much - needed change in the law.

The IAC - report triggered a debate in the Dutch Parliament about the reliability of climate science in general.

Earlier this month, the European Parliament held a panel about Islam and the environment, urging European Muslims to become part of the green debate and «turn the strong theology on [protecting the] environment in the Quran into action.»

«As you may or may not be aware, a bill is being debated in Parliament that would affect rulings about child custody for divorcing parents.

And Professor Caroline de Costa from James Cook University also wrote for Croakey about another important legal issue: the debate in NSW parliament about decriminalising abortion in the state.