Sentences with phrase «in parliament over»

New Zealand's Harmful Digital Communications (HDC) Act has undergone extensive debate in Parliament over 3 years before being passed earlier this year, but appears to have borrowed heavily from some of the least effective aspects of the American Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

Mrs May faces a series of challenges in Parliament over the customs union.

The looming climbdown comes with the Government facing a crushing defeat in Parliament over the plan to strip 370,00 disabled people of # 3,500 - a-year in vital benefits.

The two MPs got into a heated argument in Parliament over the controversial Ghana Expatriate Business Awards, following claims by the Minority that government charged $ 100,000 from expatriates to make them...

It's worth noting how little scrutiny the Conservatives have faced in parliament over these allegations — aside from a question from the SNP's Angus Robertson.

Ruling party and opposition Turkish lawmakers on Monday exchanged punches and kicks and hurled water bottles at each other as a new mass brawl erupted in parliament over changes to the constitution, television broadcasts showed.

Not exact matches

The state government will introduce legislation into parliament tomorrow designed to finalise the long - running Bell Group legal case, in which the Insurance Commission of WA and other creditors are fighting over a $ 1.7 billion payout.

Canada Post's decision to phase out home mail delivery over the next five years reverberated through headlines Wednesday morning and spurred a lively debate in Parliament this afternoon.

Now that the Conservatives hold a firm majority in Parliament, it seems that creating PRPPs will take priority over other concepts.

Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi could face proceedings in the State Administrative Tribunal after a report tabled in parliament alleged that she failed to declare travel and gifts up to 45 times over seven years.

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.

«What we have is a loss of control over a very large part of the Beaufort Sea,» New Democrat MP Dennis Bevington said in Parliament.

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.

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.

The Liberals, NDP and Bloc argued somewhat persuasively that the Conservatives were in contempt of Parliament over their disdain for democracy, openness and accountability.

OTTAWA — Government House Leader Peter Van Loan is using the return of Parliament to boast about the Conservatives» economic track record — but OECD figures cast a small doubt over his claim that Canada tops the G7 in job creation.

Instead of running ads, they would define Scheer more slowly, over time, with a series of forced choices in Parliament, through government motions, much as opposition parties usually seek to define governments (you'll note that «define» in Ottawa politics is almost always pejorative by implication) through clever use of their occasional opportunity to define a day's parliamentary debate through so - called «supply motions.»

Less information is now provided to the public in budgets than under previous Liberal and Conservative governments; the authority of Parliament over government spending has been weakened; the understanding of Canadians as to what the government is actually planning to do in the budget has been eroded.

It is important because it is critical in determining whether Parliament can adequately exercise its authority over government spending.

In May, public concern boiled over resulting in a net neutrality rally, with several hundred people on Parliament Hill demanding government actioIn May, public concern boiled over resulting in a net neutrality rally, with several hundred people on Parliament Hill demanding government actioin a net neutrality rally, with several hundred people on Parliament Hill demanding government action.

The PBO believes that Parliament is losing control over its fiduciary responsibilities, as set out in the Constitution, by approving legislation without knowing the full impact such legislation will have on the budgetary projections

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, B.C. Premier John Horgan, left, and Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, sit in Trudeau's office on Parliament Hill for a meeting on the deadlock over Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, in Ottawa on Sunday, April 15, 2018.

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.»

Greece's Parliament was to vote late Thursday on whether to launch criminal investigations into two former prime ministers and two finance ministers over how leaked data on Greeks who banked in Switzerland was handled.

Greece's parliament voted early Thursday following a marathon 20 - hour session to investigate 10 senior politicians, including two former prime ministers, over allegations they were involved in a pharmaceutical bribery scandal.

This same proposal is basically the same one I made over a quarter of a century ago in that hearing room on Parliament Hill.

Emir Kuwait Kuwait's emir Sheikh Sabah al - Ahmad al - Sabah ordered the dissolution of Parliament over the weekend, citing security concerns and «the circumstances in the region», which includes the oil price Continue Reading

President Trump's personal lawyer and a former business associate met privately in New York City last month with a member of the Ukrainian parliament to discuss a peace plan for that country that could give Russia long - term control over territory it seized in 2014 and lead to the lifting of sanctions against Moscow.

In view of the fact that Parliament more than George III was tyrannizing over the Americans it is remarkable that it was George who became the very symbol and incarnation of the restraint the Americans were overthrowing.

Speaking to the European Parliament in November 1989 at a time when socialist regimes were falling all over Central and Eastern Europe, the Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie said, «The apparent defeat of communism in Europe should not be seen as a triumph of capitalism.

Dr Peter Saunders, the campaign director explained the decision: «The judges» ruling was really pretty emphatic... there's been over ten attempts to change the law in British parliament in the last 15 years but all have failed because of concerns about public safety and the ramifications for vulnerable people».

At last, Britain's Parliament passed the Canada Act in 1982 which gave your country full control over it's affairs.

Ministers were warned during a debate in Parliament this week over a host of countries and minorities affected by persecution.

Christians in Nepal are exulting over the national parliament's dramatic decision on May 18 to abolish the monarchy and declare the state secular, wiping out its tag as a Hindu kingdom.

However, cotton, like almonds, is highly reliant on irrigated water, making the sector vulnerable to drought and rising water prices as well as political stoushes, as is occurring currently in the Federal parliament over the next stage of the Murray Darling Basin irrigation plan.

In November last year, farmers protested over low milk prices and changes to EU support, by spraying milk over the European Parliament.

The European Parliament (EP) has agreed on new regulations that aim to provide certainty over the quality of organic products and encourage organic production in Europe.

The European Parliament has approved new rules that aim to provide consumers with «certainty» over the quality of organic products and support growing organic production in the bloc.

With the Olympic stadium bid back in the news following Karren Brady's outburst over the Beckham loan, Tottenham's Member of Parliament David Lammy has slammed the clubs plans to move out of the area.

Over 27,000 people signed a petition in support of the campaign last year, with over 5,000 writing to their MP to ask them to back the petition in ParliamOver 27,000 people signed a petition in support of the campaign last year, with over 5,000 writing to their MP to ask them to back the petition in Parliamover 5,000 writing to their MP to ask them to back the petition in Parliament.

Baby Milk Action and its partners in the Baby Feeding Law Group (a coalition of leading health professional and mother support groups) has, over many years, participated in consultations with the European Commission and the European Parliament to adopt and strengthen EU Regulations.

In 2015, the UK Parliament was projected to come out about even between the top two parties, but the conservatives won by over 5 %, ending up with the majority (which was considered to be a near 0 % chance possibility as the day began), this summer Brexit passed (considered almost certain to fail as the day began, ended up passing by 4 %), and last month the Colombian Peace Referendum failed (after being consistently polled to pass by about 10 %).

Certainly, Jeremy Corbyn appears to: over a year ago, he held then - PM David Cameron to account with a lengthy intervention in parliament.

Also, one could argue that Duverger's Law also applies on the parliament level in such countries, because usually every minor party feels more aligned with one of the two major parties and will support them over the other.

And while the Ministry of Defence is included in these measures, they will be given flexibility on their multi-year budget to ensure that this will not lead to reductions in military manpower or the core defence equipment programme over the Parliament.

The London Health Commission, set up by Boris Johnson last year under ex-Labour health minister Lord Darzi, has called on the mayor to make bylaws banning smoking in Trafalgar Square and Parliament Square and exert influence over the royal parks, where he appoints the board, to also ban smoking in their spaces.

With over 100,000 members the Countryside Alliance defends and promotes country sports and rural life at Parliament, in the media and on the ground.

The 2013 elections produced a highly fragmented and deeply polarised parliament, in which the strongest list — the right - wing Likud - Beiteinu, headed by incumbent prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu — secured just over one quarter of the Knesset's 120 seats.

In the light of last night's vote in the House of Commons on whether or not to hold a referendum to ratify the Lisbon Treaty, Unlock Democracy is calling on Parliament to decide new rules over whether legislation has constitutional implications or not and how such decisions should be decideIn the light of last night's vote in the House of Commons on whether or not to hold a referendum to ratify the Lisbon Treaty, Unlock Democracy is calling on Parliament to decide new rules over whether legislation has constitutional implications or not and how such decisions should be decidein the House of Commons on whether or not to hold a referendum to ratify the Lisbon Treaty, Unlock Democracy is calling on Parliament to decide new rules over whether legislation has constitutional implications or not and how such decisions should be decided.

Now the British Brexiters will meet their political opponents in the committee rooms of the European Parliament, as well as over 30 national and regional assemblies across the continent and its islands over the next two years.