Sentences with phrase «sit in parliament»

The Māori electorates allows for Māori representatives to sit in Parliament.

Therefore, interpreted that way, no Australian is entitled to sit in parliament.

Sean Black had been charged with rape and six counts of assault on May 24, however continued working for Roberts until he was found ineligible to sit in parliament on October 27.

A few weeks ago, I commented adversely on challenges by the ALP to the eligibility of government minister David Gillespie to sit in Parliament, on the basis that he owned a block of shops one of which was leased to an Australia Post branch.

«So in actual fact, in three days, if government is minded to ensure that the Attorney General comes to sit in Parliament and be part of this bill, it could be passed.

Nick Hurd, son of Douglas, and Bernard Jenkin, son of Patrick, already sit in Parliament.

He said: «Here we sit in Parliament, the central institution of our sacred democracy, between us some of the most powerful people of the land, and we are scared.

«Church of England Bishops acquire their right to sit in our parliament and claim public money for their expenses solely by virtue of their religion, their gender and their position in the hierarchy of one particular denomination of one particular Church.

And while it is hard to outdo the parliamentary family tree of Winston Churchill's grandson Nicholas Soames, Tory MP Nick Hurd isn't far behind as the fourth generation of his direct family line to sit in Parliament.

The people who are having it cushy are the non-doms who seem to be able to live here and even sit in Parliament without paying more that a tiny amount of tax.

England has MPs (Members of Parliament) these MPs sit in parliament in Westminster.

It opposes Westminster's jurisdiction in Northern Ireland, and its oath to the Queen, so its MPs abstain from sitting in parliament.

The only threat to the build - up to conference season is the decision to resume September sittings in Parliament.

The introductory survey gives a superb overview of the politics, the electoral system, the 387 constituencies, the organisation and management of the House and a biographical sketch of all 1,367 MPs who sat in the parliaments of that period.

In the spring of 2016, voters will go to the polls in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to decide who will sit in their Parliaments and Assemblies.

There you are, trying desperately to stop Miranda in year 8 from bashing Julia over the head for the umpteenth time as Mrs X announces she's resigning five minutes before the end - of - term deadline leaving you with cover teachers from now until Christmas, while these guys think they're improving the country by sitting in parliament chatting about nothing and scoring points.

The constitution bans dual citizens from sitting in parliament.

Not exact matches

«But in the end, is he really interested in five years of sitting in the very last row in the houses of parliament?»

In fact, the government decided to do all this while Parliament wasn't sitting, so it wouldn't be debated.»

OTTAWA — «Parliament gets ready to weaponize M - 103, Trudeau's «anti-Islamophobia» motion,» screamed Ezra Levant's headline in Rebel Media last Monday as MPs in Ottawa sat down at the House Committee on Canadian Heritage to study the growth...

With Parliament in session again, the Conservatives sitting pretty with their fresh majority, it seemed that nothing could slow the implementation of Stephen Harper's vision.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, B.C. Premier John Horgan, left, and Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, sit in Trudeau's office on Parliament Hill for a meeting on the deadlock over Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, in Ottawa on Sunday, April 15, 2018.

Christian Labour MP Emma Lewell - Buck, whose bill urging the Government to measure food insecurity will be read in Parliament on Friday, said: «Now is the time for the Government to sit up and tackle the growing issue of hunger in our country.

Until someone is willing to step across enemy lines, get in their convoy and drive or walk across the hall in parliament and sit down with the other side, nothing will change.

An agreement was expected by Easter and with less than five weeks of sitting left in Parliament, the speculation is that an agreement must be reached in the next two or three weeks - or a mandatory code could be imposed on them.

As for young people, anyone who thinks they aren't interested in politics should sit in, as I have done, on discussions between members of the UK Youth Parliament or the Citizenship Foundation - or even listen to school debates.

Woolfe said that once his recovery was complete, he intended to sit as an independent MEP in the European Parliament.

About nine men sitting gravel faced behind him, flanked by every sketch writer in parliament.

«It was funny watching what was happening in parliament from a distance but it helped me see how lucky I've been to have been in parliament and been part of it, and to have sat in the Speaker's chair.

Interacting with journalists on the sidelines of sitting of the ECOWAS Parliament Wednesday, the lawmaker said the unpleasant political situation in some African countries compels the youth to «opt to walk across the Sahara to Libya.»

She has now announced that she will sit as an independent in the European Parliament with immediate effect.

As a Council, we are appalled at some individuals within the ruling party, including a sitting Member of Parliament, whose tacit support and actions seems to be providing oxygen for these criminal elements to carry out these acts of impunity, having the potential of not only casting a slur on their own party leadership and government but undermining the authority of the Presidency, thus eroding the confidence and goodwill that Ghanaians have reposed in the new administration.

«When Parliament resumes, I would want the Minister of Health to come to the floor of the House and answer why he thinks he can sit in his office and sack persons who have been properly employed.

In this wiki age, it makes no sense for 646 Members of Parliament who can not represent the varied views of millions of constituents to travel and sit together to watch the Cabinet's will become law.

We can't sit back and feel happy enough to blame Parliament, the banks, News International, when so many of us to varying degrees have played our part in these crises.

The parties win seats in the parliament based on the share of votes they won, and the parties select who sits in those seats.

Continually criticised by MPs and Peers, who were responsible for many of the delays and the additional expenditure, not least because they had demanded to sit in temporary chambers amongst the ruins of the old Parliament whilst work on the new continued around them.

But the one sitting on top in the executive chair should not have any link with any of the parties in Parliament.

One of the most interesting aspect of the debate, however, was in the arguments in favour of the Baroness» request by the Bishop of Blackburn, who sits in the upper house ex officio as one of the Lords Spiritual (one of the twenty six senior bishops in the Church of England), and Baron Cormack, a long - time member of the joint Ecclesiastical Committee of Parliament, which includes members of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords and is responsible for reviewing internal legislation of the Church of England (Church Measures).

To date, a grand total of 370 women have become MPs in the UK — a figure dwarfed by the 502 men MPs, who sit on the green benches of this parliament alone.

And he issued a direct challenge to the Prime Minister in response: «To provide a guarantee today that any sitting member of the parliament will be guaranteed of their preselection again,» he said.

Some press coverage (particularly this Evgeny Morozov piece on ForeignPolicy.com, which the author later reconsidered) seized on the appearance of protest - tagged messages on Twitter to make a bold claim: that Moldovan youth relied on the micro-blogging tool as the main way to organize public actions that began as sit - ins but that morphed into street protests and the temporary takeover of the country's president's office and parliament building.

Dennis Skinner told us he initially refused to sit for one, but his proposed artist, who was apparently out of work, called him and referred to a quote the Labour MP had apparently made in parliament about «looking after the unemployed».

Parliament does not usually sit again until party conference season ends in early October.

Lord Newby, the Liberal Dem leader in the Lords, said: «This victory sends a clear message to those sat round the Cabinet table that Parliament won't just sit back while Theresa May leads us towards a hard Brexit.

That said, Alison Dickie will probably take the seat, although that won't stop her challengers taking their place in the Parliament Chamber as Sarah Boyack, Ruth Davidson and Alison Johnstone are all also standing on the regional list (Ruth and Alison will definitely be returned as the lead list candidate for their parties, Sarah faces a less certain evening / early morning of May 6th as she is sitting behind Kezia Dugdale and Neil Findlay on the Labour list).

«On the issue of anonymity, I sat on the Home Affairs Committee that examined this issue; it was of course a Committee in a previous Parliament, dominated by Labour Members, and very ably chaired by Chris Mullin.

The party is a member of Liberal International and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party, and their 1 MEP sits in the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Group in the European Parliament.

In this case, he was his direct blood brother, we are in a country that has seen all of this and I don't recall people going into panic attacks and wondering whether couples serving in government, brother and sister serving in government, Members of Parliament having their brothers now as policy advisors and then you sit and address a press conference and say that President Mahama is running a «government of friends and family»In this case, he was his direct blood brother, we are in a country that has seen all of this and I don't recall people going into panic attacks and wondering whether couples serving in government, brother and sister serving in government, Members of Parliament having their brothers now as policy advisors and then you sit and address a press conference and say that President Mahama is running a «government of friends and family»in a country that has seen all of this and I don't recall people going into panic attacks and wondering whether couples serving in government, brother and sister serving in government, Members of Parliament having their brothers now as policy advisors and then you sit and address a press conference and say that President Mahama is running a «government of friends and family»in government, brother and sister serving in government, Members of Parliament having their brothers now as policy advisors and then you sit and address a press conference and say that President Mahama is running a «government of friends and family»in government, Members of Parliament having their brothers now as policy advisors and then you sit and address a press conference and say that President Mahama is running a «government of friends and family».

The surprise announcement came as lawmakers debated an impeachment motion against the 93 - year - old leader in a joint sitting of parliament.