Sentences with phrase «in parliament when»

In my Foreword to the previous edition I expressed my concerns about the NHS Redress Act 2006 which I opposed in Parliament when Shadow Health Minister.

The laughter in Parliament when Garrett asked which planet these Government MPs were on was very telling.

UKIP MP Douglas Carswell said he would support the government in Parliament when it does «sensible things» while attacking the Conservatives as «too patrician and corporatist»

Before the vote, a fight broke out in parliament when Petr Simonenko, the leader of the Communist Party, began to say lawmakers should listen to the demands of eastern Ukraine.

We have clueless prats like Luciana Berger, Stephen Twigg and Liam Byrne in parliament when we have vastly superior individuals elsewhere in the party who could be doing some much better who won't get a look in.

Government generally has the upper hand in parliament when it comes to legislation.

He was speaking in Parliament when he presented the 2017 mid-year budget review to the house.

The Minority in Parliament continued its condemnation of the incident in Parliament when the Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, appeared to answer for the actions of Operation Vanguard, the government's anti-illegal mining task - force.

He got his first cabinet job in just his fourth year in parliament when he was appointed culture secretary in 2014, and was appointed business secretary after the 2015 election.

For many observers — among them a handful of political journalists who were working in Parliament when Sir John was prime minister — this had been one of the most impressive speech they had ever seen given at a press gallery lunch.

Carolyn Abbott Candidate in Sheffield Heeley in 2001 and Barnsley East & Mexborough in 2005 (as well as the 2004 European Elections), Carolyn had a baby earlier in the Parliament when most of the seats were selecting candidates.

If that MP can be the sole voice speaking up for, representing, the party in the parliament when there is a party political debate, why can not that MP vote on behalf of the party, and why should that vote not reflect the full weight of votes determined by the votes cast by the electorate in the General Election?

But it is also one of those rare moments in parliament when Britain decides what kind of country it will be over the coming years.

«How can Goldsmith represent the opinion of the people of Richmond in Parliament when he is the poster - boy for the Brexiteers and is urging the government daily on its catastrophic course?

«If Ghanaians will recall Hon. James Klutse Avedzi was the chairman of Finance Committee in parliament when NDC was in power but today because his party lost the elections he is now the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee.

Despite a sense of inevitability, he believes with a sustained effort he can win over sceptics in Parliament when expansion is voted on in 14 months» time.

Like Robert, Fiona, and Kirsty... whose voices were all heard in Parliament when their MPs spoke out on their behalf.

Elizabeth May, the Green party leader, summarized the mood in Parliament when she recalled, «I never saw Jim Flaherty engage in a single moment that could be described as mean - spirited.

Not exact matches

When I visit Rõivas, 37, in his office in the Estonian Parliament, it's weirdly devoid of paper.

Poland's biggest political standoff in years began on Friday when opposition lawmakers objected to plans by the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party to curb media access to parliament, and blocked the plenary hall podium ahead of a budget vote.

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.

Those rumours reached a boiling point in September when North Korea's parliament held a rare second meeting of the year.

When he first made his venture public in 2002, it was still just an idea, and he insisted it was contingent upon the construction of a bridge to replace the island airport's existing ferry service — a project with many detractors, including then city councillor Olivia Chow, now the area's NDP member of Parliament.

When Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 2010, China responded by squeezing Norway for years (Norway hosts the ceremony, and its parliament appoints the selection panel).

Johnston left in 1978 when he was elected to Parliament, leaving the firm as Heenan Blaikie LLP.

When the new Parliament started in 2010, the National Housing and Planning Advice Unit recommended that almost 300,000 new houses should be built every year until 2031, totaling almost 6 million houses.

«Our hypocrisy is astounding when we then insist on ultra-protecting this small part (only 6 per cent) of our agriculture sector,» Martha Hall Findlay, president of the Canada West Foundation and a former Liberal member of Parliament, wrote in the Globe and Mail.

Jónsdóttir was first elected to Iceland's 63 - seat Parliament in 2009 as a member of the Citizens» Movement Party, but when she ran for — and won — her seat again in 2012, she did so under the Pirates» black flag.

Greek TV networks predict that New Democracy will take about 127 seats in the parliament, which when combined with the 32 seats for PASOK, give the coalition more than the 151 seats needed to form a government.

He noted the traditional explanation for politicians» policy caution — minority parliaments — made no sense when stacked against Lester Pearson's achievements in the»60s.

Around when Australia adopted its gun regulations, Parliament passed legislation banning private ownership of handguns in Britain and banned semiautomatic and pump - action firearms throughout the UK.

Back in 2008, when he made his first (unsucessful) bid for a spot in parliament, he gave an interview to Investment Executive, which noted his wish to work with Flaherty on unifying the provincial securities regulators:

Evidence that had been promised when members of Parliament went to Washington to quiz Facebook about its role in various political campaigns in the UK.

Trying to push British Columbians around won't get Notley and Trudeau the pipeline they want — and neither will anything else Photo: thestar.com When England's Model Parliament was first called in 1295, King Edward the First wrote a writ of summons calling for citizens across the land to join him.

«We need to win back the confidence of investors, who are looking for high - quality and independent auditing to give them the assurance that they need when investing in Europe's companies,» said Sajjad Karim, a member of the European Parliament representing the northwest of England.

In the last parliament, when Toronto Liberal MP Michelle Simson began posting her expenses online, the party took away her speaking privileges in the Commons and then - leader Michael Ignatieff told her she was creating a problem for the caucuIn the last parliament, when Toronto Liberal MP Michelle Simson began posting her expenses online, the party took away her speaking privileges in the Commons and then - leader Michael Ignatieff told her she was creating a problem for the caucuin the Commons and then - leader Michael Ignatieff told her she was creating a problem for the caucus.

Schulz made the headlines when he was attacked by former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi in 2003, by UK MEP Godfrey Bloom in 2010 - and when he made a controversial statement in his speech to the Israeli parliament, the Knesset in 2014.

Gaining prominence when his party, Pakistan Tehreek - e-Insaaf (PTI), captured 7.7 million votes in last May's elections to become the third - largest faction in parliament...

As a result, Parliament is not given fulfill information in the Estimates when examining these programs.

When Parliament gets in the way, MPs are sent home.

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.

However, the chances of her party gaining significant support in the election tailed off when the Tokyo governor confirmed her reluctance to stand for parliament herself, increasing uncertainty about the opposition's strategy.

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.

The infamous Bill C - 377 may have been stopped in its tracks this summer by the Senate, but Stephen Harper has vowed to bring it back when Parliament reconvenes.

When the Parliament passed a new constitution last summer there were celebrations in the streets.

Christian Zionists work closely with religious and secular Jewish Zionist organizations and the Israeli government, particularly during periods when the more conservative Likud Party is in control of the Israeli Knesset (parliament).

Thus the antecedent field of the Reform Bill passage is about two years long, or from the accession of the Duke of Wellington as prime minister in the Spring of 1828 (when the issue of Reform was first broached) to the first meeting of parliament after the elections of summer, 1830, when Reform became the focus of political conflict.

In fact, it caused some trouble during the English Civial War when the Scottish «covenanters» wanted it made explicit as a condition of their support for Parliament that no bishops would be inflicted on Scotland.

Thus when Prime Minister Julia Gillard (an avowed atheist who makes Nancy Pelosi seem like Margaret Thatcher) nonetheless announced that a «gay marriage» proposal would get a «conscience vote» in the federal parliament, she was accused by her lefter - than - left opponents of being... undemocratic.

Sir Tony has now been appointed by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York to become the next chair of the Church Buildings Council when he stands down from his current role at the end of the current Parliament, in April 2015.