Sentences with phrase «fundamental rules of the house»

The whole thing looks rather odd to me, as I would have expected that changes to the fundamental rules of the House to require far more than a simple majority.

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The fundamental cause of the House of Commons expenses scandal was that MPs were setting their own rules and judging those rules about expenses.

Changing the rules re Lords treatment of Statutory Instruments would not address the fundamental issues BUT would hamper proper scrutiny of Executive actions AND divert attention from the pressing issue of the size of the membership of the House.

Even if a person qualifies for a reasonable accommodation under the statutes, a landlord does not have to waive a «no pets» policy if doing so would cause a great financial or administrative burden, if a «no pets» rule is a fundamental part of the housing program, or if the disabled person is not able to follow general rules of tenancy.

Moreover, Justice Susan Himel ruled that the laws that forbid running a bawdy house, communicating for the purpose of prostitution, and living off the avails of prostitution were unconstitutional and are not in accord with the principles of fundamental justice.

For example, the Ontario Court of Appeal recently ruled in Bedford v Canada that the prohibition on common bawdy - houses for the purpose of prostitution was unconstitutional and must be struck down because the laws do not accord with the principles of fundamental justice enshrined in section 7 of the Charter.