Sentences with phrase «parliamentary questions for»

On Thursday, Hain put down a parliamentary question for the Cabinet Office minister, Francis Maude, demanding he «explain the nature and purpose of IRG Ltd».

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The Chair of parliamentary committee investigating «fake news», the conservative MP Damian Collins, accused both Cambridge Analytica and Facebook of misleading his committee's investigation in a statement early Sunday morning indicating that both companies would be called in for more questioning.

Conservative Party members will gather in Manchester next week for the party's annual conference, against the backdrop of Mrs May having lost her parliamentary majority in a snap election and continued questions about cabinet unity over Brexit.

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.

The discussion highlighted the need for a substantive parliamentary debate on the current abortion legislation since medical science and practice is raising serious questions over when the foetus becomes viable outside the womb, the current twenty - four week limit for «social» abortion and the growing number of doctors in the UK who are refusing to perform abortions because of the aforementioned.

The question of what type of inquiry would look into the scandal was fought out earlier at prime minister's questions with Labour pushing for a judge - led approach and the government a parliamentary inquiry.

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.

In fact, it wasn't thus even one hour beforehand, when no - one would say anything about him except «he has questions to answer» (parliamentary code for «get your coat, mate, you're done»).

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

The election results will influence thetiming but questions about the future for Labour need to be urgently raised within the parliamentary party.

In response to a parliamentary question tabled in the House of Lords, the Department for Education (DfE) has at last conceded that the overwhelming majority of objections submitted to school admission policies by the British Humanist Association (BHA) and Fair Admissions Campaign (FAC) correctly identified breaches of the law.

If we take the view that all those who have a stake in policy deliberations must be integrated in parliamentary discussions for parliaments to be legitimate, then the answer to the question «why youth quotas?»

What may indeed turn out to be most significant about these proposals, in constitutional terms, is that they may create the impetus for a broader reformist agenda around the question of a more clearly delineated «English» dimension within the UK's system of parliamentary government.

The Home Officer Minister responsible for firearms licensing, Nick Hurd MP, has announced in a written answer to a parliamentary question that fees for licensing are being reviewed

It contains a number of resources including the manifesto, an overview of the timetables for the 2017 election and a series of questions for CIOB members and non-members to ask prospective parliamentary candidates.

Tory grandee Ken Clarke said: «On the question of the parliamentary role, I think the Prime Minister was not relying on the archaic, narrow interpretation of the Royal prerogative, which no government has invoked in this country for over 50 years - they have always come to Parliament for debates and votes if possible on any military action.

Lords» Questions, which are similar to Parliamentary Questions (PQs) in the House of Commons, are effectively tools for obtaining information from the Government that is not already in the public domain.

[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201213/ldhansrd/text/130206w0001.htm#13020694000387] I was very pleased at the commitments given to seeking to find a resolution to the current dispute we have regarding pensions, pay and working conditions although it would have been more appropriate for these to have been communicated to us directly rather than via a response to a parliamentary question.

Just occasionally they could be useful for [transmitting] Parliamentary papers, although excessive detail, whether electronic or paper - based, tends to diminish the sheer power of parliamentary argument, which is why we are not allowed to read our speeches Parliamentary papers, although excessive detail, whether electronic or paper - based, tends to diminish the sheer power of parliamentary argument, which is why we are not allowed to read our speeches parliamentary argument, which is why we are not allowed to read our speeches or questions.

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).

Alan Duncan, Shadow Leader of the House at Business Questions, and Anne Main, Julie Kirkbride and Christopher Chope later, all pressed yesterday for full parliamentary scrutiny of the Bank of England's momentous decision to start printing # 75bn of extra banknotes:

09:30 - Prime minister's questions is back today for the first debate of the new parliamentary session.

For Westminster outsiders, questions should be submitted by the MP him / herself using the parliamentary intranet, but, like most things, MPs often get their researchers to do them instead.

Surely the fact that these files were still active for at least 10 years while we were MPs raises fundamental questions about parliamentary sovereignty and privilege — principles that are vital to our democracy.

Just received from CCHQ: «Parliamentary Questions, buried by John Prescott and yet to be published in Hansard, have today revealed that Prescott has spent # 645 of taxpayers money on a new sign for his office — replacing the previous «Office of the Deputy Prime Minister» sign with a new «Deputy Prime Minister's Office» sign.

In answer to a parliamentary question from Caroline Flint MP, Labour's Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, the Government confirmed that the budget for this year's Warm Front scheme is # 100m.

Thursday Introduction — Lord Trees Questions — Developing separate drug treatment programmes for addiction and withdrawal from legally prescribed drugs, distinct from programmes for illegal drug addiction; copyright exemption for schools; reducing unemployment in Wales Debate — Implications relating to the parliamentary boundary commission's current proposals Debate — Problems faced by families in the rented housing sector Short debate — Coastal access in England

· For details of new figures given by the government, see the parliamentary written answer to question 137238 in column 715W of Hansard, which is linked to here: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm130115/text/130115w0003.htm · CPAG is the leading charity campaigning for the abolition of child poverty in the UK and for a better deal for low - income families and childrFor details of new figures given by the government, see the parliamentary written answer to question 137238 in column 715W of Hansard, which is linked to here: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm130115/text/130115w0003.htm · CPAG is the leading charity campaigning for the abolition of child poverty in the UK and for a better deal for low - income families and childrfor the abolition of child poverty in the UK and for a better deal for low - income families and childrfor a better deal for low - income families and childrfor low - income families and children.

While most of his fellow MPs merely struggled through their questions, Watson managed a finely - detailed forensic analysis of his subjects, reducing them to sweaty insecurity and striking a real win for parliamentary standing.

Hatred of the Mail and everything it stands for was epitomised by Mehdi Hasan's Question Time rant, but politics.co.uk's parliamentary press gallery room - mate Quentin Letts put up a decent defence on the same programme.

The question is a natural one for someone who is familiar only with parliamentary systems in which the contemplated situation can not arise because the head of government is chosen by the majority party or a majority coalition.

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He was questioned for nine hours, and had his parliamentary and constituency offices and two homes searched.

The disclosure is an embarrassment for the Tories and will pose further difficult questions for Fox, who has been told that he faces a parliamentary inquiry into his behaviour and Werritty.

Stretching back to the Neil Hamilton cash for questions saga, the committee on standards in public life was established in 1994 and then in the wake of the expenses scandal, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) was painfully born.

Anti-EU campaign group Veterans for Britain revealed that he was challenged in a Parliamentary Question to assess the potential effect on Ministry of Defence spending of leaving the EU.

Question: Are you happy with the current procedure for the selection of Westminster parliamentary candidates or are there changes you would like to see implemented?

Victoria Ayling, Ukip's parliamentary candidate for Great Grimsby in Lincolnshire, posed the rhetorical question during a Question Time - style debate in Cleethorpes this week, prompting «guffawing» from the audience, according to a local newspaperquestion during a Question Time - style debate in Cleethorpes this week, prompting «guffawing» from the audience, according to a local newspaperQuestion Time - style debate in Cleethorpes this week, prompting «guffawing» from the audience, according to a local newspaper report.

A debate for Parliamentary Candidates in the Wassa East Constituency came to an abrupt end following a rumpus that occurred after one of the contestants questioned the time allotted to the incumbent Member of Parliament, Isaac Adjei - Mensah.

Watching David Cameron's assured performance yesterday in the first Prime Minister's Questions of this parliamentary term, many Conservatives will have been greatly encouraged to hear him speak up in support of the «pupil premium» - a measure designed to boost educational opportunities for children living in deprived areas.

Osborne says it is entirely possible for a parliamentary inquiry to take place, and notes the Treasury Committee questioning that occurred yesterday.

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.

The members of the public were given the opportunity to ask the parliamentary candidates questions bothering on youth unemployment, lack of transparency and accountability in the sale of the premix fuel, scholarship for fishermen's children, among others.

Those questions have now triggered an inquiry by the parliamentary commissioner for standards.

The Speaker again interrupts and tells Cameron off for directing his questioning at the Speaker, breaking parliamentary procedure - just because Cameron said «would YOU use the veto?»

Liz Kendall, the Labour MP for Leicester West, obtained the figures from answers to parliamentary questions.

The body in question, the Political and Constitutional Reform Select Committee, had previously produced penetrating reports on English devolution, the need for a Constitutional Convention, Parliamentary boundaries, the future for Scotland, improving the legislative process, voter disengagement, the gagging bill, etc. — enough critical analysis for a domineering Conservative majority to want to get rid of it.

During 2005, Woolas was accused of evading parliamentary questions with regard to public calls for reform of the Local Government Ombudsman in 2005.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary aspirant for the constituency, Cecilia Gyan Amoah, and the People's National Convention's (PNC) parliamentary aspirant, Adu Samuel, who participated in the programme answered questions on the Economy, Education, Health, Corruption, Disability and Oil and Gas sector amongst others.

That these files were still active for at least 10 years while I was an MP certainly is and raises fundamental questions about parliamentary sovereignty.