Sentences with phrase «debated in parliament which»

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For example, while businesses and government departments in the UK must comply with the Data Protection Act, the Canadian parliament is currently debating a new piece of legislation, the Information Sharing Act, which will allow all departments of government to share information in ways that are not currently permitted in the UK.

Since this debate over pipelines began in earnest last Fall, Jason Kenney and others have been calling on the federal government to invoke clause 92 (10)(c) of the Constitution, which allows the federal government to exert authority over infrastructure such as pipelines which, «although wholly situate within the Province, are before or after their Execution declared by the Parliament of Canada to be for the general Advantage of Canada or for the Advantage of Two or more of the Provinces.»

Debating the objections in parliament, Taylor said the rules failed to uphold the International Code on infant and follow - on formula, which stipulated there should be no advertising or promotion of infant or follow - on formula.

No doubt, there should be a thorough parliamentary debate on the issue, but instead of forcing a decision in this parliament, which could well be as controversial and divisive as the ill - fated referendum, I strongly agree with Nick Clegg that by far the best and most dignified way out of the current mess would be to ask the people in the proper constitutional way by calling an snap general election:

«We want to point out that in any discussion with our partners we have to start from a fundamental constitutional principle, the same in the US and Romania, according to which the debates, decisions and votes in the Parliament take place in the name of the sovereignty of the people and can not be the object of any form of pressure,» reads the quoted communiqué issued by the heads of the two Chambers.

As he argued in the debate which preceded the parliamentary vote to call the election, «this is a good day for Parliament.

In the Irish example, the proposals went to the parliament which was required to consider them in a debate within four months of the convention's reporIn the Irish example, the proposals went to the parliament which was required to consider them in a debate within four months of the convention's reporin a debate within four months of the convention's report.

One of the most interesting aspect of the debate, however, was in the arguments in favour of the Baroness» request by the Bishop of Blackburn, who sits in the upper house ex officio as one of the Lords Spiritual (one of the twenty six senior bishops in the Church of England), and Baron Cormack, a long - time member of the joint Ecclesiastical Committee of Parliament, which includes members of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords and is responsible for reviewing internal legislation of the Church of England (Church Measures).

Among other things, the negative resolution procedure is a rarely used one, through which a peer (or MP) intervenes during the forty days after a statutory instrument has been laid on the table in parliament to force a debate and (potentially) a vote.

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.

EU law was turned into British law usually using statutory instruments, little mechanisms which allow you to change the law without a debate and legislation in parliament.

It will be followed by a meeting in parliament's grand committee room in which trade unionists, MPs and lawyers debate how to continue their fight.

Shadow education secretary Andy Burnham insisted it was «a huge change in tone» following a debate on the issue in Parliament on Tuesday evening, in which the plans were repeatedly attacked by Labour MPs.

After a debate, the 129 delegates passed Hardie's motion to establish «a distinct Labour group in Parliament, who shall have their own whips, and agree upon their policy, which must embrace a readiness to cooperate with any party which for the time being may be engaged in promoting legislation in the direct interests of labour.»

During the EU budget debate in the House of Commons he said: «One way in which the Prime Minister's hand can be strengthened is by having a united parliament rather than a disunited parliament when he goes to Brussels to negotiate on my birthday, 22 November.»

J. whereas electoral campaigns continue to focus primarily on national issues, pushing debate on specifically European issues into the background, which has a negative impact on the level of participation in elections to the European Parliament;

The new legislation, which is being debated today in parliament, will give witnesses the right to give evidence anonymously from the time they give a statement to the police, in cases the court feels is appropriate.

Our best hope now is that today's parliament debate lacks piety and furiously questions her legacy in a manner which is personally respectable but politically robust.

The terms on which we leave should be subject to rigorous debate and scrutiny - in Parliament and the country.

Occupy Ghana, which has been strong advocates for the passage of the Right To Information Bill, has called on the government to provide dates on when it will «publish and gazette the Bill,» on when the «bill shall be tabled for debate in Parliament» and finally on when «the Parliamentary Select Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary affairs shall conclude its deliberations on the Bill.»

Backing for that move is boosted by the findings of an enquiry by the all - party parliamentary group on women in parliament, which has called for a debate on introducing «prescriptive quotas for Westminster».

His performance in the first leaders «debate in the 2010 election produced a huge spike in Liberal Democrat support, which largely faded by the time of the election, but was enough to secure a hung Parliament.

David Lidington spoke as MPs were debating the private member's bill which could trigger the vote in the next parliament, but he was asked to explain how a future government would be bound by the move.

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.

The House yesterday debated the proposal, originally put forward by Parliament First (the All - Party Parliamentary Group on reform of parliamentary procedure which I chair), that all amendments tabled at the committee and report stages of bills should have to be accompanied by an explanation of their purpose in no more than 50 words.

This will begin to matter when there is a public petition which gains enough signatures to secure the right to a debate in parliament and then, if the government loses, nothing happens.

In 1947, ahead of the foundation of the United Nations, he co-founded the Parliamentary Group for World Government, which as All Party Parliamentary Group for World Governance (APPGWG) counts today (2008) 167 members and meets regularly to provide a forum for debate on global governance issues in the UK ParliamenIn 1947, ahead of the foundation of the United Nations, he co-founded the Parliamentary Group for World Government, which as All Party Parliamentary Group for World Governance (APPGWG) counts today (2008) 167 members and meets regularly to provide a forum for debate on global governance issues in the UK Parliamenin the UK Parliament.

A beleaguered Osborne is due to appear in parliament on Tuesday to defend his work by taking the unusual step of speaking in the debate following last week's controversial budget, which caused anger on his own backbenches and culminated in the resignation of Iain Duncan Smith.

In his opening speech in the opposition day debate, which was peppered with angry heckles from the Labour benches, Salmond said Blair should be held to account for what was «very much a personal campaign, unbeknownst to cabinet and indeed to parliament», citing the memo sent to the then US president, George W Bush, from the prime minister saying: «I will be with you whatever.&raquIn his opening speech in the opposition day debate, which was peppered with angry heckles from the Labour benches, Salmond said Blair should be held to account for what was «very much a personal campaign, unbeknownst to cabinet and indeed to parliament», citing the memo sent to the then US president, George W Bush, from the prime minister saying: «I will be with you whatever.&raquin the opposition day debate, which was peppered with angry heckles from the Labour benches, Salmond said Blair should be held to account for what was «very much a personal campaign, unbeknownst to cabinet and indeed to parliament», citing the memo sent to the then US president, George W Bush, from the prime minister saying: «I will be with you whatever.»

Last week, after months of intense debate, the European Parliament voted for a ban on menthol cigarettes, which will come into force in 2022.

After 2 years of debate, Horizon 2020 (or H2020 as it is often abbreviated)-- the pan-European funding program that is to support research and innovation in Europe, starting in 2014 and finishing in 2020 — has been given the green light as both the European Parliament and the European Council (which gathers E.U. member states) gave their final approval to the budget and the overarching legislation.

Political expediency and self - interest are well to the fore as parliament starts to debate the plan, which is closer to the original Gonski model than present arrangements and would inject an extra A$ 18.6 billion in federal funding across the government, Catholic and independent school sectors over a decade.

Lord Neuberger, President of the Supreme Court, alluded to this in his speech at the Legal Wales Conference 2014 on 10 October: «The academics debate whether it is conceivable that Parliament would enact a law which was so contrary to principle that the courts would ignore it — eg a law which prevents citizens from challenging any decision of a government department in the courts... I profoundly hope that it is an issue which never has to be tested, not least because, if it does, something will already have gone very wrong with our system of government.»

There is currently a No Fault Divorce Bill being debated in Parliament, which could act to bring England and Wales» divorce legislation in line with Europe, allowing couples to divorce after a period of separation without the «mud - slinging», however at this stage we do not know what the outcome of this debate will be.

Parliamentary privilege has its roots in Article 9 of the English Bill of Rights 1689, [18] which states that the «freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament.»

The regulations, which have been publically consulted on and will now be debated in Parliament, set out the proposed requirements for employers in the private and voluntary sectors to:

However, revised regulations, which will be debated by parliament next month, say law firms without Malaysian offices will still be able to advise clients in the country, provided their stay does not exceed 60 days per lawyer, per year.

So one of the fundamental principles that the Democrats base their support for this disallowance motion on is the fact that the State regimes are based on legislation which, at the end of the day, will not hold up», Senator Woodley as reported in Senate 2000, Debates, No. 16, p19520 The speaker from the Greens party said «I will be voting for this disallowance because the regulations brought forward from Western Australian legislation do not uphold the spirit of the legislation that has gone through this parliament in the last decade of the High Court rulings that Indigenous people should have a real say in what is happening on their land», Senator Brown as reported in Senate 2000, Debates, No. 16, p19524

While the outcome should provide the Government with the evidence they need that the community supports marriage equality, a Bill now needs to be introduced and debated in Federal Parliament, which could take weeks or months to resolve.