Sentences with phrase «parliamentary questions on»

Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman appeared to back down quickly, tweeting that parliamentary questions on the matter would be suspended until after key figures give evidence to the Leveson inquiry by the end of the month.

Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, has today written to the Secretary of State challenging the accuracy of an answer given by Lord Nash to a parliamentary question on the NASUWT's and NUT's current national industrial action.

In fact in response to a Parliamentary question on 9 October 2006, the then Home Office minister with responsibility for the NDNAD, Joan Ryan, stated:

Not exact matches

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.

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 super-injunction was revealed to have included a parliamentary question, triggering an angry backlash against Carter Ruck, which secured it on behalf of Trafigura, in the Commons.

«But were we to be true to the concept of Government through British Parliamentary democracy, rather than Government by one - off plebiscite, we would also feel obliged to point out that it isn't a question of just «getting on with it».

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.

The «Jesus and Mo» row was later mentioned on an episode of the BBC's Big Question, prompting Muslim Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate Maajid Nawaz to tweet the image.

«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.

Okudzeto Ablakwa also questioned why I had not followed up on my previous assertions that Anas Amereyaw Anas was a covert government agent whom the Mahama government had instructed to suppress his parliamentary corruption investigative video clip in order to reduce the public confidence only in the judiciary.

If that is right - others will have read the reports more closely, so am open to correction on this - then plaudits to the HIMC but also the question of why parliamentary scrutiny should fall quite far short of what we might reasonably expect, (and despite some rather effective evidence gathering particularly by the LibDem parliamentarians).

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 actioOn 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 actioon 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 actioon any military action.

It may seem that the UK is uniquely troubled on these questions, but similar parliamentary conundrums are reflected around the world.

The education secretary said that he would not undermine Ofqual's authority in regulating qualifications and examinations in English schools, during the first questions on education of the Parliamentary session.

Andrew Mitchell's other big problem now, apart from the question over his survival, is how he can impose discipline on a parliamentary party, when he has been so undisciplined himself.

Campaigners and MPs expressed disappointment after a parliamentary question revealed the update on the vulnerable persons relocation scheme, which was set up to run in parallel with UN-led refugee programmes.

Dear Michael, I am writing to you after reading the response of your Schools Minister Lord Nash on 6 February to a parliamentary question tabled by Lord Taylor of Warwick (HL 4987).

«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:

We can not be entirely sure on this, because 10 Downing street seems to have had a policy in recent times, under the current incumbent, of not answering parliamentary questions about visits or meetings.»

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).

The Parliamentary Under - Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice (Lord Bach): Ministers have received two letters and one Parliamentary Question from the noble Lord, Lord Carlile of Berriew, answered by my noble friend Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 29 September 2008 (Official Report, col. WA416) specifically about the presence of Law Lords in the House of Lords since the passing of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.»

Liberal Democrat MP Jo Swinson, who obtained the information through parliamentary questions, said: «These figures show the yawning gulf between rhetoric and reality when it comes to this government's record on renewable energy.

[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.

In February 2017, More United launched a campaign to secure a Parliamentary debate on how Brexit will impact the NHS, arguing that the government has not given this question sufficient consideration.

Notwithstanding the scathing attacks unleashed on the NPP parliamentary group, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, and others who have questioned the direction of our economy, the NPP's assessment of the state of Ghana's economy has been subsequently corroborated by the IMF Staff Report dated May 30, 2014, The World Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Fitch, Standard and Poors, Moody's and, most recently, by Dr. Kwesi Botchwey, Ghana's longest serving Minister of Finance.

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.

Speaking before the debate in prime minister's questions, Mr Blair once again defended the timing of the vote, claiming any parliamentary decision on the design stage of Trident must be made «today».

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.

During last week's prime minister's questions, David Cameron was confronted by Caroline Lucas MP on why the government had done nothing to change our rotten extradition laws, despite a clear call from two separate parliamentary committees, a Commons motion in December last year and well - supported public petitions to do just that.

To clarify, it seems to me that the LibDems are well placed to take a lead on (2) in terms of formal scrutiny of the policing, Parliamentary questions, etc..

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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.

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».

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.

21 MPs who have been on Caabu delegations to Palestine spoke in a parliamentary debate following an Urgent Question tabled by Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry on 15 May 2018 on the issue of violence against protesters in Gaza.

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.

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 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.

Her rise was based on the responses to a tranche of Parliamentary questions finally coming through.

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.

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.

In separate parliamentary questions, Watson is also pressing the prime minister to be clear whether Osborne will have access to privy council papers, attend full privy council meetings and receive sensitive information on privy counsellor terms while he is editor of the newspaper.

11.35 am: Paul Burstow, the health minister, John Pugh, the co-chair of the Lib Dem parliamentary health committee and Shirley Williams, the Lib Dem grandee and health bill «rebel», take part in a question and answer session on health.

Today Sarah Teather, the Lib Dem minister for children and families, will be questioned by a cross-party group of MPs following a damning report by the all - party parliamentary group on Sure Start that said that, the UK is facing a «childcare crisis».

And on both of those questions, I am now completely persuaded,» she told the all - party parliamentary group on unconventional gas and oil in October last year.