Sentences with phrase «emergency debate in»

The claims by Wylie have sparked an emergency debate in the House of Commons that Vote Leave broke election spending rules in the EU referendum.

In the meantime, BIS decided to publish the full Beecroft report, prompting an emergency debate in the House of Commons on 21 May.

Redoubtable Labour Member Chris Bryant managed to secure an emergency debate in the Commons yesterday, following Prime Minister's Questions and a statement by the Prime Minister on the situation in Afghanistan, to discuss the News of the World phone - hacking scandal.

Grassroots allies of Mr Cable failed in an attempt to win an emergency debate in which they would have pushed an economic «Plan C», or «Plan...

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I believe that America is in the emergency room, and we shouldn't be sidetracked by a debate about the church doctrine of one candidate's church.

This emasculation of duly (if only by whites) elected officials reached near completion in the new emergency regulations of December 11, 1986, which abolished one of the most sacred aspects of the quasi-Westminster system that the Nationalists used to boast of: the freedom of debate and speech in the legislature.

The safety debate mostly dealt with the fact that thousands of babies in the US alone ended up in emergency rooms as a result of a fall down some steps while in the walker.

Speaking in an emergency debate about the conflict in Aleppo, he added: «Let's be clear now, if you don't shape the world, you will be shaped by it.»

Yesterday in the House, an emergency debate was held on the following resolution, which was moved by Bill Cash:

The House of Commons was busy debating the financial emergency as Mr Obama swore his oath of office in Washington DC.

During the debate, Nick Clegg claimed the Prime Minister turned down an offer from Germany to give Britain some form of «emergency brake» over immigration in return for the country adopting a soft Brexit.

We are also proposing for consultation - and this would not require a state of emergency - an extension of the current limit for up to 28 days more or a lesser period — but only if, in addition to the requirement that a judge must approve every single seven day extension, the case is itself is notified to parliament and subject to a timely report to parliament of all circumstances, with the option of a later parliamentary debate.

One proposal we cite in the consultation document from Liberty - and we are grateful to them for engaging so constructively in the debate - is that if the risk materialises we should declare an emergency under the Civil Contingencies Act and allow for a period beyond the 28 day limit, for up a further 30 days.

The day of the emergency debate on phone hacking in the Commons, and after PMQs, when Labour leader Ed Miliband called for Rebekah Brooks to consider her position as chief executive of News International.

An emergency three - hour commons debate was staged by MPs, as much in response to the one - sided treaty as the government's apparent unwillingness to discuss the issue.

Opening the debate in the Commons, Gauke admitted he had seen people who had had long delays in receiving payment, but said the DWP could make emergency payments in three days, though the funds must be repaid.

Following Shadow Chancellor George Osborne's success in securing it, the House of Commons held an Emergency Debate on the Pre-Budget Report yesterday.

Speaking at an emergency debate on the issue, shadow business secretary John Denham said Mr Willetts had executed «the most humiliating and fastest U-turn in the history of this government».

Instead, there will now be an emergency debate on the economy, in which both Cameron and his shadow chancellor, George Osborne, will speak.»

Former International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell told an emergency debate into the mounting humanitarian crisis in Aleppo that Assad is «not going to be beaten militarily in my view.»

Enduring image of the day, and, I'll warrant, its first entry in Hansard *, goes to Liberal Democrat MP Adrian Sanders for his contribution to yesterday's emergency debate on phone hacking at the News of the World: ``... when one considers the Press Complaints Commission, the phrase «chocolate teapot», or indeed the phrase «fishnet condom», comes to mind.

In 2011, William Hague, then foreign secretary, confirmed that the convention did exist, and it was accepted that the Commons must have the opportunity to debate the deployment of military force — except in an emergencIn 2011, William Hague, then foreign secretary, confirmed that the convention did exist, and it was accepted that the Commons must have the opportunity to debate the deployment of military force — except in an emergencin an emergency.

One case study we looked at was from the 1988 vice presidential debate, when Dan Quayle was asked what he would do if he suddenly became president in an emergency.

Honor the noble goal we strive for in educating a wider variety of students than any other nation and stop framing the education debate in the context of emergencies, crises, and nations at risk.

I encourage you to have a look in relation to the string of recent posts here aiming to restore some scientific weight to an overheated debate that has even led one online community, the Arctic Methane Emergency Group, to call for urgent geoengineering countermeasures.

Mr. Gore: Mr. President, we are facing a planetary emergency, and I really think it's time that the U.S. reengages in the international debate on climate change.

A climate emergency debate held on 13 December 2016 at Three Weeds Hotel in Rozelle, New South Wales, illustrated however that Read more about Debate: «We know it's an emergency, but does it help to say so?&debate held on 13 December 2016 at Three Weeds Hotel in Rozelle, New South Wales, illustrated however that Read more about Debate: «We know it's an emergency, but does it help to say so?&Debate: «We know it's an emergency, but does it help to say so?»

Two leading Constitutional Law Profs, Jack Balkin (Yale) and Eric Posner (Chicago) face off on BloggingHeads.tv debating various aspects of Liberty vs. Security, focusing on whether or not we live in a time of emergency, the threat from government in a surveillance state and what it means for our civil liberties.

The sole expressed purpose for E911 at the beginning of the policy debate was to locate cell phone users who were in need of emergency assistance.

The allegations of collusion and overspending were also discussed by MPs in the Commons during an emergency debate attended by only a few Conservative MPs.

In Western Australia, there was debate over the state government's ban on ambulance ramping at three Perth hospitals, with the Opposition claiming it had failed, after it was revealed paramedics spent almost 350 hours at emergency departments last month.