Sentences with phrase «parliamentary group»

Next is a piece by the former chair of the all - party parliamentary group on religious education.

Indeed the all - party parliamentary group on reform of parliamentary procedure, which I chair, is considering setting up a website for just this purpose.

But 52 members of the new parliamentary group of MPs have to support a challenger for there to be an election.

A report by the all - party parliamentary group on hunger, published today, stated that three million children risk going hungry in the school holidays.

Earlier this year I presented these arguments to the all party parliamentary group on smoking and health.

In November, the WBTi steering group was delighted to be invited to the first - ever meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Infant Feeding and Inequalities.

Lord Laird, the Ulster Unionist peer who was investigated by the BBC's Panorama programme, should face a four - month suspension after he was found to have offered to help undercover reporters set up an all - party parliamentary group in return for payment, the Lords committee for privileges and conduct said.

Following the 2009 European Parliament election, the party's 21 MEPs chose to unite for the new term within the European parliamentary group of the PES, which was renamed the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D).

The All Party Parliamentary Group which will be made up of Peers and MPs from across the political spectrum will look at some of the key issues and drivers behind illicit trade across a range of sectors.

[175][176] CHP parliamentary group leader Engin Altay also criticised the government for using state funds to fund the «Yes» campaign while repressing «No» voters, claiming that their conduct did not allow them to talk of «democracy».

The Libraries All Party Parliamentary Group held an ebook summit in London today, and one of the announcements from the event was that the group, joined by OverDrive's CEO Steve Potash, addressed the British House of Commons on the importance and the data of ebook lending.

We were thrilled to support the baby loss reception for the All Party Parliamentary Group at Speaker's House...

Since the beginning of the 6th European Parliament of 2004 — 2009, the EDP has formed a joint European parliamentary group with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) party called the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) group.

As chairwoman of a cross-party parliamentary group on international corporate responsibility, I frequently meet businesses whose ethos is «people before profit», who treat their staff properly and mitigate against their social and environmental impact, particularly in the developing world.

Turkey, which has pulled forward a cabinet meeting and national security council session to Friday over the referendum, will also convene parliament for an extraordinary meeting on Saturday, the chairman of the ruling AK Party's parliamentary group said on Thursday.

DIE LINKE is associated with two higher level organisations in Europe: as part of the European United Left / Nordic Green Left - European Parliamentary Group as well as a member of the Party of the European Left, which has currently 39 member and observer parties from all over Europe.

Grillo said it was important for 5 - Star to be part of an EU parliamentary group because that would give it greater visibility and influence.

In addition, in a speech last month, Commissioner Viviane Reding proposed that Commission President Herman van Rompuy should play the role of a political mediator, a «go - between» between the European Council and the largest parliamentary groups.

These conclusions have been the same issues which the NPP Parliamentary group, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia the two - time running mate to Nana Akuffo Addo and many others including Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom have repeatedly raised but which unfortunately, albeit characteristically, have always aroused negative rapid response, including personal attacks from the attack dogs of government.

In 2002 he became president of the Green parliamentary group, together with the Italian MEP Monica Frassoni.

Howard is a former director of the Conservative Friends of Israel, a British parliamentary group with ties to the Conservative Party whose purpose is dedicated to strengthening business, cultural, and political ties between the U.K. and Israel.

At the All Party Parliamentary Group meeting on 20 May of this year, I launched the discussion paper Legal Aid and the Public Interest — Towards an Effective Public Private Partnership.

Speakers at the meeting include, Hugh Lanning, PCS deputy general secretary, John McDonnell MP and chair of the PCS parliamentary group, Ruth Tanner, campaigns and policy director of War on Want, Richard Murphy, Tax Justice Network and TUC and Dave Bean, president of the PCS revenue and customs group.

Although ALDE Party and EDP MEPs continue to sit together in the same parliamentary group, the two European political parties remain separate entities.

The Christian Democratic Union and its longtime ally, the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, won a sweeping victory, taking 277 seats in the Bundestag to win the first — and to date, only — absolute majority for a single German parliamentary group in a free election.

Half a million people develop drug - resistant TB each year; a UK parliamentary group in 2015 projected it will kill 75 million and cost the world $ 16.7 trillion over the next 35 years.

He sat on the parliamentary education committee between 2010 and 2012 and chaired the all - part parliamentary group for social mobility.

In September 2016 McGovern was elected co-chair of the all - party parliamentary group Friends of Syria.

Worked as an advisor to the US - Ukraine Parliamentary Group at the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

He is currently a member of the European Parliament, where he sits on the Foreign Affairs Committee, and a Chairman of the Conservatives and Reformists parliamentary group.

The co-chair of the Child Protection All - Party Parliamentary Group added that recent abuse scandals had brought the issue to the forefront of people's minds and that it was important it stayed there.

Listen to Christian MP Meg Munn and Chair of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq All - Party Parliamentary Group tell Premier's News Hour Britain should have got involved a long time ago:

She took part in a cross-party initiative called «Friends of the Good Friday Agreement» before working for the Sinn Fein parliamentary group as the peace process progressed.

Working level coordination between these and other pro-EU organisations with funds and staffing, such as Best for Britain, is supporting the EU Relations all - party parliamentary group chaired by Anna Soubry MP and Chuka Umunna MP.

The Unite union, Labour's most important financial backer, wrote to the 100 - strong Unite parliamentary group of MPs urging them to back a coalition today.

On a more practical front, the loss of Ludlam may add considerably to the workload of the Greens» already stretched parliamentary group.

All - party parliamentary groups range from the APPG on Eggs, Pigs and Poultry to the APPG for Headache Disorders.

On a recent all - party parliamentary group trip to Jordan, King Abdullah II asked us to help show his MPs how politics is run under a party system.

In minority government the ability to govern is being able to form a majority through parliamentary groupings — either through formal arrangements or simply surviving votes.

Before dissolution, Tim also chaired a number of All Party Parliamentary Groups covering a wide range of issues, such as Archaeology, Hockey, The British Museum, Wine and Spirits and also co-chairs the APPGs for Mindfulness and Children.

A Britain - Palestine All Party Parliamentary Group delegation organised by Caabu visited the West Bank in 2011.

A delegation from the All Party Britain - Jordan Parliamentary Group and the Council for Arab - British Understanding (Caabu) paid a five - day visit to Jordan from the 28 November to 2 December 2014.

Andy has shown a keen interest in the Middle East since his election in 1997, and was involved in a number of All Party Parliamentary Groups related to the region.

White served as an SNP Parliamentary group whip in the first parliamentary session and sat on the parliament's Public Petitions Committee and Equal Opportunities Committee.