Sentences with phrase «issue in the parliament»

The conservatives, liberals and socialists, who command a large majority of the parliamentary seats, will work out a joint motion on Tuesday and expect to debate the issue in parliament on Wednesday and vote on it on Thursday, Tremosa's aide said on Monday.

When there is a clear consensus on an issue in the parliament, there is typically no popular vote.

Ken Ofori - Attah, in responding to the issue in Parliament, stated that the issuance was transparent and was done in accordance with the laid down procedures governing the issuance of bond and government securities in the country, adding that there was no conflict of interest, as he «had no direct dealings with the investors» as alleged by the minority in Parliament.

The government has been accused of trying to rush through plans to merge police forces in England and Wales after a debate on the issue in parliament was cancelled.

I tried to raise the issue in Parliament and at the preparatory meeting of the Appointments Committee of Parliament.

Shadow education secretary Andy Burnham insisted it was «a huge change in tone» following a debate on the issue in Parliament on Tuesday evening, in which the plans were repeatedly attacked by Labour MPs.

Otherwise how come he and the NDC first denied it in 1998 or thereabout, leading to the NDC blocking this issue in parliament then?

It was a time when a young Tam Dalyell, the MP for West Lothian, was actively urging such an issue in Parliament.

David Laws plans to discuss results at Key Stage 2 with Ofsted's Sir Michael Wilshaw after the Reading East MP highlighted the issue in parliament.

«I think my approach to these issues in Parliament is going to be about making and winning the argument rather than a sort of «yah - boo» traditional political discourse, because I don't think that is going to enable us to develop that broader alliance.

Not exact matches

Downing Street has ruled out such membership, preferring to be able to negotiate free trade deals with the rest of the world, but the majority of members in the upper house of the U.K.'s parliament, the House of Lords, have voted against that, forcing a debate on the issue.

Sagawa headed the ministry division that submitted the documents before he was tapped as tax agency chief in July, an appointment critics saw as a reward for his efforts to diffuse the issue with his statements to parliament last year.

«For sure, the priorities are immigration, the control of borders, of Europe, (the issue of) cultural identities and the understanding of how the Italian society should move ahead in a globalized world,» Terzi di Sant «Agata said, following the Italian election result which pointed to a hung parliament where no one party or coalition gained a majority of the vote that would allow it to govern alone.

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.

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).

On a per - issue basis, the topics of Afghanistan and education were met with the most civil responses in Parliament, the index said.

Greece's political leaders, more accustomed to screaming abuse at each other in parliament, issued an unprecedented joint statement after a day of talks at the president's office backing efforts to reach a deal with creditors.

The UK parliament has issued an impressive ultimatum to Facebook in a last - ditch attempt to get Mark Zuckerberg to take its questions: Come and give evidence voluntarily or next time you fly to the UK you'll get a formal summons to appear.

The UK parliament has issued an impressive ultimatum to Facebook in a last - ditch attempt to get Mark Zuckerberg to take its questions: Come and give evidence voluntarily or next time you fly to the UK

The parliament we elect in October will have to grapple with these issues and find a balance between helping small business without further advantaging the tax - planning top earners.

Indeed, in 2013, in response to continued suggestions by the media and governments that Bitcoin was playing a primary role in funding terrorism, the UK parliament issued a report indicating that ISIS was not receiving any significant funding through virtual currency:

Earlier today, Damian Collins, a member of parliament who is the chair of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport select committee in the UK, issued a request to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to provide oral evidence to the committee.

The European Union (EU) parliament has issued the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) in order to harmonise the regulatory framework of the financial market within the Eurozone.

This afternoon, Antonio Tajani, the president of the European Parliament, publicly issued a call to Zuckerberg to appear before state members to answer questions about personal data on Facebook and the role it plays in swaying elections.

Whether the Competition Bureau will commence an investigation into the company remains to be seen, but the decision to include the Bureau in Thursday's talks suggests that Parliament is serious about handling this issue.

The $ 50 bill issued in 2004 featured a picture of a monument to the Famous Five, unveiled on Parliament Hill in 2000, by Edmonton artist Barbara Paterson, who says she's annoyed by the erasure of female images.

The same is true of gender and minority representation, since the expectations of the day, unfortunate as they were, didn't commonly include the belief held by many today that Parliament should look, think, and care about issues in broadly similar ways to the country at large.

Given that Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's ruling Liberal - National Coalition has consistently stated it wants to hold a referendum on the issue rather than pass it in parliament, it's unlikely a change in marriage law will now happen for the foreseeable future.

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.

«Our alumni are in leadership positions on all continents: starting schools and even universities (for example Wyoming Catholic College), running pro-life programmes and post-abortion healing programmes (in the US, throughout Europe, and even in China), entering in politics (an Austrian graduate from our MMF program, Gudrun Kugler, is now a member of the Austrian Federal Parliament and she is in charge of women's, family and human rights issues).

Christian Labour MP Emma Lewell - Buck, whose bill urging the Government to measure food insecurity will be read in Parliament on Friday, said: «Now is the time for the Government to sit up and tackle the growing issue of hunger in our country.

Israel is a SECULAR state having a SECULAR government ruling in accordance to SECULAR laws issued by a SECULAR parliament (Kneset) members of which are democratically elected by all Israeli citizens regardless of their race, religion, ethnicity or gender.

«We have joint meetings and discussion on some of the most unbelievably contentious issues, like pro-life issues, to see if we can somehow arrive at some sort of way of living the Gospel in parliament,» he said.

There was, for example, in the eighties an Interfaith Colloquium against Apartheid and there were various interfaith gatherings on ecological issues as well as interfaith prayer and work for peace, but the Parliament for a moment captured the attention of the world and sought to show, at a time of intense conflict in former Yugoslavia and of communal troubles in India, that religions need not be a cause of division but could unite on certain basic ethical teachings.

In his statement today, Wolf attributed his «passion for these issues» to «the examples of President Ronald Reagan, former Congressmen Jack Kemp and Tony Hall, Chuck Colson, and the life of 10th century Member of Parliament William Wilberforce.»

Christian peer Lord Alton raised the issue of Bishop Vincent in parliament and asked the government what information it has on his disappearance.

For the first time in Australia, state elections in Tasmania in 1989 brought five «Greens» into parliament, which resulted in them having the balance of power with the prospect of a major change in direction in environmental issues in that state.

Since the special events held in 1993 in India, Britain, Japan, the USA and some other countries to mark the centenary of the World's Parliament of Religions there has been growing emphasis on the practical work that people of different faiths can do together to address the critical issues of today, such as violence, poverty and pollution.

In voting on this issue, the political parties allowed the members of Parliament the freedom to follow their consciences, rather than requiring a party vote.

A MOMENT OF TRUTH The biggest moral issue for Catholics in English politics during this year of grace 2008 will surely, in the perspective of history, turn out to have been the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, introduced into Parliament by the Government in November, with the intention that it will become law early in 2009.

«So I would say I am a little frustrated because I would expect that we shouldn't have to issue notices to produce with respect to information if an organisation is working in partnership with us,» James told parliament.

I still think that there are lots of issues that we, as individual Members, ought to take up in this Parliament to support mothers in any way we can.

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The legal dispute in court was about two issues: (1) whether or not it could be said that parliament had given its approval already, and (2) if it hadn't, did it need to.

In Parliament we have debated these issues, considered the balance between liberty and security and voted on the legislation.

In a bid to address this problem, the UK Youth Parliament is launching its Project Safe Space initiative tomorrow in Newcastle, which will give young people the chance to talk about terrorism and related issueIn a bid to address this problem, the UK Youth Parliament is launching its Project Safe Space initiative tomorrow in Newcastle, which will give young people the chance to talk about terrorism and related issuein Newcastle, which will give young people the chance to talk about terrorism and related issues.

Writing in the Telegraph, Mr Cameron reject arguments for an English parliament as costly and unnecessary but said English MPs should have the final say in Westminster on issues which only affect English constituents.

The lead judge, Lord Neuberger, called on parliament to reconsider the issue - and made clear that legalising assisted dying would not result in a standoff with the European courts.

Of course the public is in favour of this, but if we as a parliament can not stand up on this issue, then what after all is parliament for?»

Throughout her seven years in parliament, Wollaston has not been afraid to speak against her party on issues from the EU through to Syria.