Sentences with phrase «houses of parliament»

It has taken more than two years to pass the controversial legislation because of differences between the two houses of parliament over the issue.

Islamabad has already reacted angrily to Trump's allegation that the country harbors extremists, with the country's lower house of parliament passing a resolution this week denouncing his claim.

The Lords, as its referred to, is the upper house of Parliament in the British system.

ABUJA, March 6 - Nigeria's lower house of parliament passed a bill on Tuesday aimed at helping authorities to tackle money laundering and funding for terrorism.

It is public knowledge that Mr. Kennedy Agyapong has a reputation as a noisy politician with an acidic tongue, whose shameful actions have not attracted any sanctions from the august house of Parliament, the Minority Caucus nor the Party.

Wind farms must be built at a distance from housing of at least 10 times the height of the turbine, or about 1.5 to 2 km, under the law which was adopted by the lower house of parliament on Friday.

You can gaze out at the Chain Bridge and House of Parliament when you step outside the hostel.

Rwanda's upper house of parliament debated Thursday a constitutional amendment enabling President Paul Kagame to run for a third consecutive term in 2017 and potentially paving the way for the strongman to remain in power till 2034.

We see the House of Lords, the second House of Parliament, opposing a Government bill with considerable force; thereby making the Government think twice and perhaps review aspects of its legislation.

The Lower House of Parliament voted for the legislation in October 2001 and the Upper House will vote on 11 June 2002.

Italy's lower house of parliament holds a vote of confidence tied to the 2007 budget Thursday, in a final push to pass the contested measures before the end of the year.

Muto was the government's first choice as BOJ Governor in 2008 but his nomination was rejected by the upper house of parliament who saw Muto as a threat to the central bank's independence since he had spent much of his career at Japan's finance ministry.

The benefits of an autocracy like China's is that these policies do not have to get passed through fractious houses of parliament, congress and senate bodies.

Nigeria's lower house of parliament resolved that it will investigate the reports in view of the 2005 Green Tea agreement between the two countries, to protect the citizens of the ceded areas from harm.

On October 16, 2008, the speaker of Russia's upper house of parliament did not preclude Russia asking for a resumption of a naval presence in Yemen.

In the letter, he said, «Pursuant to paragraph 141 of the Report of the Special Committee to investigate the Bribery Allegation and the decision of this Honourable House adopting the report, I hereby render an unqualified apology to this Honourable House of Parliament.

NEW DELHI — Clean water, biotechnology, and higher education are among the winners in the Indian budget presented by the new government in the lower house of Parliament here today.

Visit the magnificent gothic - inspired House of Parliament, the third largest parliament building in the world.

You will take the Andrássy Avenue back to downtown Pest, pass by the St Stephen's Basilica and by the exterior visit of the impressive neo-gothic House of Parliament.

With the photographer's London address ink stamp, and the title Blackout in London House of Parliament in ink in the photographer's hand, on print verso

Duffy and Wallin did not meet that requirement when Harper named them to the Upper House of Parliament.

Berlin — The German lower house of Parliament recently voted to abolish laws from the Nazi era that prohibited retailers from using discounts and promotional offers to gain business.

Parliament house is now 26 years old and its modern design is very different to the old parliament house opened in 1927 and the Canadian houses of parliament rebuilt and opened in 1926.

President - elect, Nana Akufo - Addo, is already being accused of nursing the ambition to stampede the independence and authority of the August House of Parliament and that of yet to be sworn - in New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament (MP).

+ Art dealers and collectors in Germany are up in arms after the upper house of parliament passed The Cultural Property Protection Law on Friday.

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has called for the creation of a second house of parliament that would ensure that laws are passed with less political influence.

She sits in the House of Lords (the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, comparable to the US Senate) as a Conservative.

On June 25, 2008, Spain's environmental committee of the lower house of parliament passed a resolution to support the Great Ape Project, following an earlier resolution in the Balearic Isles, but was never enacted.

«Steinbrueck behaves like a bull in a china shop,» said Michael Meister, deputy leader of Merkel's conservatives in the Bundestag (lower house of parliament).

While approval is not a given since the ruling coalition government led by Abe's LDP does not have a majority in the upper house of parliament, most analysts do not foresee any problems given signs this week that main opposition parties will not block the nominations.

«If the BOJ were to ease policy, it would therefore be most natural for it to increase government debt purchases and target longer - dated bonds,» Kuroda said in a confirmation hearing in the lower house of parliament.

The nominations must be approved by both houses of parliament to take effect.

«At least four parties will be required to achieve a majority in both the lower and upper house of parliament.

The ongoing dispute between so - called Remainers and Brexiteers about this relationship took another turn last week when a majority of the U.K.'s House of Lords — the upper house of parliament — voted that the U.K. should stay in a customs union with the EU, something the government under Prime Minister Theresa May has said would not happen.

But striking a more conciliatory tone, PiS leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski moved to organise a meeting between the speaker of the upper house of parliament and the media late on Saturday night to discuss the new plan for journalists» access.

The nominations need approval by both houses of parliament, which is a near certainty as Abe's ruling coalition has a comfortable majority.

The extension of exceptional search - and - arrest powers for police was approved by 489 votes to 26 shortly before dawn in France's National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, but not without renewed calls for an inquest.

The legislation, which has passed a vote in Pakistan's lower house of parliament, is supposed to target terrorism, but critics said the language is broad.

In Ottawa, when the House of Parliament is in session, the 15 minutes before Question Period has long been reserved for what are known as Statements by Members.

Vladislav Reznik, now the deputy head of the finance committee in Russia's lower house of parliament and a member of the Putin - aligned United Russia Party, faces charges accusing him of giving allies of the criminal organization's alleged leader, Gennady Petrov, positions in the Russian government in exchange for a share of the organization's assets.

Lawmakers voted by 364 to 315, with nine abstentions, in favor of re-electing Merkel, a humbling start as the coalition of her conservatives and the center - left Social Democrats (SPD) has 399 votes in the Bundestag lower house of parliament.

Churchill was a night owl, but he took two baths and a two hour nap every afternoon, which he claimed allowed him to be twice as productive as the normal person Naps were so sacrosanct to Churchill that he unapologetically kept a bed in the House of Parliament.

Russian lawmaker Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of the international affairs committee of Russia's upper house of parliament, described the action as baseless and unfriendly, Interfax news agency reported.

«But in the end, is he really interested in five years of sitting in the very last row in the houses of parliament?»

An earlier exit poll indicated that the center - right alliance would gain between 248 to 268 seats in the lower house of parliament, short of the 316 needed for a majority.

While Pier Luigi Bersani's center - left bloc has taken enough votes to give it control of the lower house of parliament, no party or likely coalition won enough seats to gain a majority in Italy's upper house, which implies a hung parliament at a time when the country urgently needs to fight a deep recession, high unemployment and a huge public debt.

Asked about a proposal drafted by Russia's lower house of parliament to criminalize observance of U.S. sanctions, Medvedev said the restrictions were aimed at destroying Russia's socio - political system and harming the economy and individuals.

Since then, the Bill has swiftly passed through both houses of Parliament without any amendments and with the full support of all political parties.