Sentences with phrase «in parliament from»

The boundary changes will boost the number of seats in Parliament from 646 to 650, with all the new seats being created in England.

Not one word in Parliament from Gove on children in care.

The campaign has gained considerable support in Parliament from all sides of the House with an Early Day Motion (EDM) receiving support from nearly 90 MPs.

The Greens earned 10.6 % of the vote (up from 6.7 % in 2008) and increased their number of seats in parliament from 9 to 13.

Apart from 1992 when Madam Gladys Boateng of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) represented the constituency in Parliament, renowned legal practitioner and a former Majority Leader in Parliament, Mr Abraham Osei Aidoo, had represented the NPP in Parliament from 1996 to 2008.

«It was funny watching what was happening in parliament from a distance but it helped me see how lucky I've been to have been in parliament and been part of it, and to have sat in the Speaker's chair.

For more on the regulations see my presentation in Parliament from 17 May 2016: Mothers need support not pressure.

Not exact matches

Matt Kellway, the federal NDP Member of Parliament for Beaches - East York will be adding to Canadian efforts in Bangladesh as he accompanies media and labour reps from UNIFOR, CUPE, PSAC, the UFCW and USW there later this month.

EU Parliament head Guy Verhofstadt told Business Insider that Brexit was an opportunity for the EU to become a tighter, more unified family of nations, but this ambition is under threat from populist, anti-EU movements in numerous member states.

That is in part because it is allowed to be: the institution gets a fairly easy ride from members of parliament, senators and the press corps.

He is their representative in the Madrid parliament, where he has carved out a reputation as a rabble rouser, a rock star who marches into the chamber wearing T - shirts with political slogans, confronting the central government with provocative speeches, holding up props - from printers to handcuffs - to bring attention to his cause of the day.

Polls show the race is tight and that the large «Together for Yes» block formed by pro-independence parties from the rest of political spectrum will need support from the smaller CUP to secure a 68 - seat majority in Catalonia's 135 - seat parliament.

Activists will march from Hyde Park Corner to Parliament Square on September 9 in protest against last year's Brexit vote.

May has said she wants a bigger majority in parliament to strengthen her hand as she goes into negotiations with the rest of the European Union about Britain's exit from the bloc.

Orban, who in common with other Eastern European leaders is anxious to show voters that they have not swapped half a century of rule from Moscow for diktat from Brussels, defended himself in the European Parliament on Wednesday.

Allegations of sexual abuse have ranged from a charge of rape by an activist in the opposition Labour Party by a senior party member, to unconfirmed details of serial «sex pests» on a list reportedly drafted by aides and researchers in parliament.

But May is also facing pressure from the many pro-Remain lawmakers in her ranks, who are up in arms over a new «EU Withdrawal» bill that will effectively allow the government sweeping powers to change laws already in force without consulting parliament, once the U.K. leaves the EU.

Only this January, following the threat from the opposition parties to form a coalition and wrest control of Parliament from the Conservatives, did the government unveil a $ 35 - billion stimulus package including $ 18 billion in infrastructure spending.

He added that «we may be looking in a generation's time at an EU that is also configured differently from what it is today, and the exact nature of the relationship between the UK and that future system - whatever it turns out to be - of European cooperation is something that future parliaments, future generations, will have to consider,» he said.

Andreas Schwab, a German Christian Democrat lawmaker at the European Parliament, and Spanish liberal Ramon Tremosa unveiled a draft of their resolution last week, saying separating search engines from other commercial services would ensure a level playing field for rivals in Europe.

Davis» comments come hours after the U.K.'s Supreme Court, the highest court in the land, ruled that the government must seek approval from parliament before invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty — triggering its exit from the E.U.

Wednesday's warning from Paris echoed similar threats from Denmark and Britain, where Cameron suffered a humiliating defeat in parliament after Conservatives rebelled over Europe, an issue that has long divided his party.

Back in July, Greek voters voted against a new bailout package, but eventually the government gave in to demands from its European creditors, causing a divide in Syriza, which had been in control of Greek parliament.

To that end, we asked veteran Parliament Hill correspondent Kathleen Harris to step away from the sideshows and rhetoric to offer a comprehensive analysis of the top five economic issues in this campaign (page 38).

UK House of Commons Speaker John Bercow said Trump would be barred from speaking in parliament because of the retweets.

If May is successful in winning more seats in parliament, she would have a stronger hand in Brexit negotiations, and would be more likely to remove the country from the E.U. single market trade zone.

In a televised speech on Thursday afternoon, Carles Puigdemont said he had not received a guarantee from Spain that it would not apply direct rule over Catalonia if the regional parliament were dissolved.

Executives from large technology firms could be called to appear in front of British lawmakers as they continue gathering evidence about fake news and data practices in the wake of the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal, a member of parliament (MP) told CNBC Wednesday.

In Scotland, Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon will host 400 women from around the country in the Scottish Parliament on WednesdaIn Scotland, Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon will host 400 women from around the country in the Scottish Parliament on Wednesdain the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday.

In February, after female reporters complained that lawmaker Leonid Slutsky had harassed them in parliament, not only were there no demands that he step down, but a deputy speaker of the Duma, Igor Lebedev, called for these journalists to be barred from covering the legislaturIn February, after female reporters complained that lawmaker Leonid Slutsky had harassed them in parliament, not only were there no demands that he step down, but a deputy speaker of the Duma, Igor Lebedev, called for these journalists to be barred from covering the legislaturin parliament, not only were there no demands that he step down, but a deputy speaker of the Duma, Igor Lebedev, called for these journalists to be barred from covering the legislature.

In February, Ron Liepert, a Conservative member of Parliament from Alberta, called Siddall «arrogant.»

The Attorney General is also being replaced and that's going to create a further bump in the investigation,» Wong Chen, a member of Malaysia's parliament from an opposition party told CNBC on Wednesday.

It's not — from the people who serve in this Parliament, it's not enough to simply follow the rules or follow the ethics code or even follow the law because we have a government right now that has broken repeatedly all three of those.

From the evidence that has been published by The Guardian and The Observer this weekend, it seems clear that he has deliberately mislead the Committee and Parliament by giving false statements,» Collins wrote in a statement to the press.

He emerged from two general elections as leader of the party with the most seats in a minority parliament.

«We should be ready, if we don't have 100 percent participation and if Europe doesn't want to give us more money,» Christos Staikouras, a member of the Greek Parliament from the center - right New Democracy opposition party and its economic spokesman, said in an interview.

Testifying to Parliament a few days later, a former Cambridge employee, Christopher Wylie, contended that the company helped swing the results in favor of Britain's withdrawal from the European Union.

Despite intense lobbying by US tech, the European Parliament and Council was not dissuaded from passing what Reding has called the «gold standard» in data privacy protection.

In an outburst that was extraordinary coming from the most senior official in the EU parliament, he argued that the radical left Syriza government should be replaced by a technocratic administratioIn an outburst that was extraordinary coming from the most senior official in the EU parliament, he argued that the radical left Syriza government should be replaced by a technocratic administratioin the EU parliament, he argued that the radical left Syriza government should be replaced by a technocratic administration.

The European Parliament is currently examining a 2017 proposal from Commission President Jean - Claude Juncker to start screening Chinese investments in the hi - tech or infrastructure sectors.

This was quite a change from the 2006 election promise and related documents, in which they had indicated that it would be an independent agency, reporting directly to Parliament.

(9) While the number of approved requests for residential properties from China has increased in recent years, the Parliament of Australia's Report on Foreign Investment in Residential Real Estate (2014) found that Chinese purchases only absorbed two per cent of new housing stock, contrary to public perceptions.

Tom worked as regional policy advisor to the Leader of the Opposition in the South Australian Parliament before working at Elders Rural Services, one of Australia's largest agri - retailers, from 2006 - 2013.

There are two types of spending in the Main Estimates: first, there are «voted» expenditures that require annual approval from Parliament; and second, there are «statutory» expenditures (e.g., major transfers to the provinces and individuals) for which legislation was previously approved setting out the specific terms and conditions under which payments can be made.

In a hot air speech to the EU parliament, Juncker demanded permanent tariff exemptions from Trump.

Harper spoke in his Langevin Block office across from Parliament Hill.

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.

Edmonton, AB — Matt Jeneroux, Member of Parliament for Edmonton Riverbend and co-chair of the Alberta Jobs Taskforce, today joined Nathan Cooper, interim leader of the United Conservative Party, and representatives from Restaurants Canada in Edmonton to highlight how Alberta's restaurant industry is being negatively impacted by federal and provincial policies that are increasing costs for local businesses.

Under current House rules, Main Estimates must be tabled on or before March 1st in order for the Government to receive interim supply (a spending authority) for the period from the beginning of the fiscal year to late June, when the Main Estimates are formally approved by Parliament.

The prospect of a shake - up in the Japanese political landscape increased when the center - left Democratic party — previously the main opposition to the LDP — announced it would not field any candidates in the election, freeing its representatives in the Japanese parliament to seek nominations from Ms. Koike's party.