Sentences with phrase «parliamentary question as»

Perhaps Cameron missed a reshuffle trick judging from the sparks shooting from the Hansard stenograph as Nicky Morgan rattled off responses during her first parliamentary questions as education secretary.

The party cited statistics obtained after parliamentary questions as showing that police numbers were on the decline in areas experiencing the most violations of the law.

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In his appearance before a parliamentary committee, Facebook Canada's public policy head Kevin Chan was questioned by New Democrat MP Charlie Angus on why he had yet to register as a lobbyist, given the fact he's met senior cabinet members, including Finance Minister Bill Morneau.

«I think, given the extraordinary evidence we've heard so far today, it is absolutely astonishing that Mark Zuckerberg is not prepared to submit himself to questioning in front of a parliamentary or congressional hearing, given these are questions of fundamental importance and concern to his users, as well as to this inquiry,» Damian Collins, the member of parliament heading the UK committee, said earlier on Tuesday.

He could, for instance, cut Mr. Poilievre off when the parliamentary secretary, as he is fond of doing, turns a question from the New Democrats into an excuse to stand and expound on the failings of members of the opposition.

It may be tempting to secure senior parliamentary support for an issue, but from a campaigning perspective it is often better to build strong cross-party links among backbenchers as they are better able to table questions and put on pressure.

There is still a place for tried and tested methods, such as Early Day Motions (EDM), parliamentary questions and petitions.

«Relocation of staff out of expensive London offices to other regions continues to be high on the agenda as an option to deliver the savings needed,» Smith said in response to a written parliamentary question by Labour MP Diana Johnson.

He has sharpened his act at Prime Minister's Questions — where his performances serve as a barometer of morale in the Parliamentary Labour Party.

As if deputy PM Nick Clegg hadn't been sidelined enough in the last parliamentary term, his version of PMQs - Deputy Prime Minister's Questions - was labelled «useless» in this morning's first culture questions put to new culture secretary Maria Miller and culture minister Hugh RQuestions - was labelled «useless» in this morning's first culture questions put to new culture secretary Maria Miller and culture minister Hugh Rquestions put to new culture secretary Maria Miller and culture minister Hugh Robertson.

A Labour opposition that used its parliamentary duty to ask questions as an excuse to avoid making decisions.»

«Speaking in the chamber is only one of the ways members hold the government to account and this research ignores members» contributions including amending legislation, asking the government written questions and serving on select committees — more than 320 members served on committees in the last session of parliament — as well as parliamentary work away from the chamber.

The actual text of the agreement says: «We will whip both Parliamentary parties in both Houses to support a simple majority referendum on the Alternative Vote», so while it does prevent a PR option in the same question, it doesn't preclude separate questions being asked, such as:

As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning the number of new additional jobs created since 1997 in the (a) public sector and (b) private sector.

That's why, as MPs start the second reading of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill on 6 September, I am tabling an amendment that would rewrite the referendum question to allow people to choose from a wider range of voting systems, including properly proportional options such as the additional member system (used in elections for the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Greater London Assembly) and the single transferable vote (used in Northern Ireland).

If it wasn't enough that, as his research assistant, I was having to daily talk him through attaching files to emails, finding an internet page, the joys of Twitter and the benefits of blogging, I am now doing three times more work than the entire parliamentary IT unit by answering his basic and annoying questions about gadgets.

[17] The following month Loughton tabled «hostile» parliamentary questions to the Department of Education on the subject of complaints by staff, which the Independent described as «a significant escalation of hostilities» between Loughton and some of his old colleagues.

As we move towards a General Election it remains the case that the Parliamentary Labour Party is deeply divided over the question of the leadership.

In 2005 he visited Gibraltar twice, as a guest of the Gibraltar government and the Liberal party of Gibraltar, and subsequently asked two parliamentary questions and tabled three early day motions without declaring his interests.

Alan Duncan, whose parliamentary career has been much less entertaining since his excellent role as shadow leader of the Commons, now looks far too grown - up as he answers questions.

Shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan fired off a raft of parliamentary questions about Grayling's draconian prison reforms last month only to have them all dismissed as too expensive to answer.

A written Parliamentary question by Farrelly, answered on 19 October 2009, became the subject of debate as The Guardian newspaper was prevented from reporting on it by a court injunction that became known as a super-injunction.

Only a few years ago, Parliamentary select committees were often dismissed as distracting sideshows — comparable in terms of wasted time to Parliamentary Questions.

During the UK's parliamentary expenses scandal, many questioned the system as — just like Bronwyn Bishop in Australia now — they felt that they had acted within the rules that existed at the time.

[9] Instead the leader of the second largest parliamentary opposition party at the time, Nigel Dodds of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), usually asked a single question later in the session followed by at least one MP from another smaller party such as the Scottish National Party or Plaid Cymru.

The parliamentary party has a clear collective mandate as the official opposition, partly on the basis of a manifesto with clear commitments to Nato and the EU plus renewal of Trident, all policies now put into question by Corbyn's leadership campaign.

The U.N. and Iraqi political leaders called for investigating electoral - fraud complaints and sought manual recounts in some districts, as questions intensified about the legitimacy of the recent parliamentary vote.

Lawyer Addison had after the party's parliamentary primaries questioned the integrity of the process describing it as a sham.

During her time as a shadow Treasury and then Communities minister, she established how much the ministerial cars cost through a series of parliamentary questions.

Hinton, who after 52 years at the company is seen as a key Murdoch henchman, faces tough questions over whether he saw the report before he testified to a parliamentary committee that the phone hacking scandal was carried out by a «single rogue reporter».

If Ming's early performances at prime minister's question time in the next parliamentary session are lacklustre his conference speech risks being seen as a one - off.

The figures come from a parliamentary question asked by Lucy Powell, who stepped down as shadow education secretary in June 2016.

Among everything else, the app will allow the MPs to view List of Business, Papers Laid on the Table of the House, Latest Parliamentary Bulletins, Questions Lists, along with Members» Birthdays as well.

The correct answer is no, as I explained before the Canadian Parliamentary Committee investigating the Ozone question.

Pretty well as bad was Pearce's subsequent report on Jones» appearance before the parliamentary committee in which he claimed the committee didn't ask the questions it should have done and quoted with approval from the Institute of Physics submission.

In a written reply to a question tabled by an MP who evidently cares about theses matters, the Ministry's Parliamentary Secretary Mrs Peggy Fenner announced to the House of Commons on 16 February 1984 that although the Act had a useful function in specific areas such as the control of roadside weeds, it was «not appropriate to use the Act to control weeds in domestic gardens».

The firms may face questions as part of a Parliamentary investigation into the sale of the retailer prior to its collapse.

The retailers» demise has generated high profile mandates for Weil, DLA and Squire Patton Boggs but past advisers of BHS have also been in the headlines, with advice given by Linklaters and Olswang during last year's sale of the business set to come under scrutiny as the pair face parliamentary questions over their roles.

«The prevailing political situation, including the lack of a parliamentary majority and the pressure of the Brexit talks, does leave employment law developments hanging in the air, raising significant questions as to which proposals from its manifesto the Government will be able to implement.

It also contains review questions and answers as well as a glossary of parliamentary terminology.

The court approved the concession on the grounds that the principles of parliamentary sovereignty dictated that a referendum is always advisory unless there is very clear language to make it binding, that a parliamentary briefing paper available to parliamentarians said that the EU referendum was only intended to be advisory, and that a vote to leave would entail many outstanding questions as to how to implement the decision (see paras 105 — 8 of the judgment).

We are writing to clarify a few questions that have come up as a result of the message below related to parliamentary publications.

[5] The central question is whether principles of parliamentary privilege allow the National Assembly to exclude kirpans from its precincts or whether constitutional rights such as the freedom of religion and expression preclude the Assembly from excluding them.

There will be some time until the Parliamentary hearing that will question Mr. Justice Cromwell, and in that time we hope to enrich these pages as information becomes available to us.

A British parliamentary committee on Tuesday summoned Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to answer questions on fake news as authorities step up efforts to determine whether data has been improperly used to influence elections.

Update: Collins returned to the theme of the Facebook founder's reluctance to put in a personal appearance to answer questions about the issue more than once during the four hour oral hearing, remarking later: «I must say that given the extraordinary evidence we've heard so far today, and the things we've heard in the other enquiry, I think it's absolutely astonishing that Mark Zuckerberg is not prepared to submit himself to questioning in front of a parliamentary or congressional hearing given that these are questions of a fundamental importance and concern to Facebook users and to our enquiry as well.»

A British parliamentary committee is summoning Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to answer questions on fake news as authorities step up efforts to determine whether data has been improperly used to influence elections.

A British parliamentary committee on Tuesday summoned Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to answer questions on fake news as authorities step up efforts to determine whether data has been improperly used...

I indicated to the Joint Parliamentary Committee in response to a series of questions put to me when I appeared before it on 22 February 2000 that the amended NTA as a whole could not be considered a special measure but to the extent that the amended NTA recognises and protects the traditions and customs of Indigenous people then this recognition and protection was a non-discriminatory differential treatment of Indigenous people.

Researchers interviewed 32 Australian civil servants, parliamentary ministers, and ministerial advisers who had been identified as «research - engaged» by public health researchers questioned in an earlier phase of the project.