Sentences with phrase «said constitutional affairs»

So who better to help us be sure that the law will do what we hope,» said constitutional affairs secretary Harriet Harman.

However, the public administration committee and the Electoral Commission have delayed their investigations on the advice of the police, and last night the Scottish National party (SNP) said the constitutional affairs committee should have followed suit.

Not exact matches

«Whether Canada ends up as one national government or two national governments or several national governments, or some other kind of arrangement is, quite frankly, secondary in my opinion,» said Harper, who was at the time constitutional affairs critic for Reform.

«Thank goodness the lord chancellor has now realised that the government's wobbling on the human rights convention did nobody any good,» said Liberal Democrat constitutional affairs spokesman Simon Hughes.

«Early indicators suggest that hundreds of thousands of people have gone missing from the electoral register,» shadow constitutional affairs minister Stephen Twigg said.

The Minority Spokesperson on Legal and Constitutional Affairs in Parliament, Joseph Osei Owusu, has chastised the Attorney General's Department, saying it is not doing enough to retrieve judgment debts wrongfully paid to businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome.

His ministers have been speaking out in recent months - in August, constitutional affairs secretary Lord Falconer said the US was guilty of a «shocking affront to the principles of democracy» in using the camp to hold terror suspects.

Simon Hughes, Liberal Democrat constitutional affairs spokesman and MP for Southwark and Bermondsey, said: «The extra protection which the Met is putting into south London is very welcome.

Constitutional affairs minister Harriet Harman has said she feels the attorney general and the cabinet must be kept separate to promote public trust.

91 Per David Lammy MP (Parliamentary Under - Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs): «The protection has been given to the Church in Wales, at its request, but the Church of England has said clearly that it does not want it.»

Liberal Democrat constitutional affairs spokesman Simon Hughes welcomed the plans, saying they were a «serious effort» to complete Lords reform that actually began in 1911, although he said his party would be voting for a wholly or substantially elected chamber.

Liberal Democrats constitutional affairs spokesman Simon Hughes also praised the proposals, saying: «Often lessons learnt from one tragedy can prevent another... These plans are a way of doing more to make sure loss and suffering are not in vain.»

Cathy Ashton, a minister at the Department for Constitutional Affairs, said the government will not tolerate forced marriage.

Constitutional affairs minister Harriet Harman said: «The findings of an inquest are important not just to explain how someone died but also to learn lessons for the future which will prevent deaths in similar circumstances.

Simon Hughes, Lib Dem constitutional affairs spokesman, said: «It would be a serious setback to our democratic credentials as a country if the Commons does not vote this week for a wholly or predominately elected second chamber.

Wayne David, shadow constitutional affairs minister, said: «We are in favour of Lords reform, but the government plans do not set out a stable, coherent long - term relationship between the two houses.

Constitutional affairs minister Harriet Harman welcomed the report, saying that «it is important that a system which affects so many is properly understood and commands public confidence».

«Whilst Gordon Brown's NHS cuts bite deep in local maternity services and A&E s, millions of pounds are being spent on bankrolling Tony Blair's vast entourage of staff and spin doctors,» said shadow constitutional affairs secretary Oliver Heald.

Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Bernard Jenkin said the change had echoes of Tony Blair's decision to allow a small number of special advisers — including Alastair Campbell — to give instructions to officials.

Then Lib Dem spokesman on constitutional affairs Simon Hughes said: «It is no criticism of the present attorney general to say that the prime minister's claim that he takes responsibility for the «no - prosecution» decision has completely undermined the attorney general's constitutional position.»

These included freeing the 99 % of British firms who do not deal with Europe from the burden of EU regulations, opting out of all 135 of the EU's justice and home affairs measures, and having «a general emergency pull - out where we can say no — a permanent constitutional opt out.»

«Allegations of political bias, whether justified or not, are almost inevitable given the attorney general's seemingly contradictory positions,» today's report by the Constitutional Affairs Committee said.

«Lord Falconer needs to explain how the county courts have got into such chaos under his watch,» said shadow constitutional affairs secretary Oliver Heald.

«I will appeal to the joint committees on Constitutional, Legal, and Parliamentary affairs who have already done a great deal of work during the recess on the Right to Information Bill 2018 to make a report as quickly as possible in order for us to deliberate thereon,» Prof. Ocquaye said.

When the previous government announced it was appealing against the European Court's original ruling in 2005, the Parliamentary Under - Secretary of State at the Department for Constitutional Affairs, Lord Firkin, said: «It has been the view of successive governments, including this government, that persons who have committed crimes serious enough to warrant a custodial sentence should forfeit the right to have a say in how the country is governed while they are detained.»

NDC MP and the Ranking Member on Parliament's Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Inusah Fuseini said the Office of the Special Prosecutor was open to abuse.

In its report, the Constitution Committee rejects the notion that the tax credits affair amounted to a «constitutional crisis» and says that a «single Government defeat... does not seem a sound foundation upon which to base significant and lasting reform» in this area.

Bernard Jenkin, the Tory chairman of the public administration and constitutional affairs committee, said he would investigate the Short money issue.

Hudson's judgment in the case was challenged by Paul Flynn, a Labour member of the public administration and constitutional affairs committee, who said it was the second time the commissioner had been «too permissive» about the conduct of MPs.

Chairman of the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, Ben Abdallah Banda said, «When we met, the committee came to the agreement that given the interest that the public has in the bill, we can not take it under the certificate of urgency, and therefore the committee recommended to take it through the normal legislative process.»

«The Parliament's all - party constitutional affairs committee today voted to clarify the rules on forming political groups», they say.

In its response to a recent Constitutional Affairs Select Committee report — Implementation of the Carter Review of Legal Aid, which attacked many of the proposals for reform and warned the government to slow down implementation — the government says it will stand firm on its reform programme.

The Constitutional Affairs Committee Evidence 20th February on Legal Aid reforms — See what the Head of Legal Services Commission has to say on the implementation of the Carter Proposals.

Recent controversies over the ending of the BAE Systems fraud investigation and the attorney general's potential deciding role in the cash - for - peerages investigation have «compromised or appeared to compromise» the position and raised serious concerns about how independence and impartiality in the role can be guaranteed, says the report by the Constitutional Affairs Committee.

I testified before the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs when the Senate considered the bill C - 25 - suffice it to say that I did not support the legislation.

If, as a result of this repeal, the RDA can no longer be said to be consistent with or an implementation of ICERD then the constitutional basis of the RDA under the external affairs power is put into question.