Sentences with phrase «time in parliament»

However, AMA Federal President Michael Gannon praised the Government's plan and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull defended the decision in Question Time in Parliament saying:

Mr. Anders WIJKMAN, Sweden, EPP - ED «I commit at least half of my time in Parliament on issues related to climate change.

His political campaigning has not just been limited to his time in Parliament, before becoming an MP he played an important role in the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa.

More information about her time in Parliament can be found here, and her Twitter account is here, but she stands little realistic chance of being elected, short of a Labour landslide.

More information about her time in the Parliament can be found here and her Twitter account is here.

In his concession speech, Clegg said: «In my time in parliament, I have never shirked from political battles.

Throughout his time in Parliament, Mark has initiated debates on key local issues - Metropolitan police resourcing; Future of St Bartholomew's Hospital; Recycling household waste; Congestion Charging; Commercialisation of Hyde Park and Implementation of the Licensing Act 2003.

For much of my time in Parliament, I have been lucky enough to serve on the Front Bench, and I particularly enjoyed my time as Shadow Culture Secretary.

As Roger Helmer has pointed out time and time again since being expelled from the EPP - ED he has been given more money and greater speaking time in Parliament.

She said: «In all my time in Parliament, I have never experienced such lack of communication or respect for a shadow minister's work from a leader.

«I have always been passionate about select committees,» he said, «having served as either chair or member for half of my time in parliament.

Dalyell's time in parliament spanned Labour's years of power in the 1960s and 70s, the internecine impotence of the 1980s, and the morning glory of New Labour in the 1990s.

Jo has covered different roles during his time in Parliament: between 2013 and 2015 he was Head of the Number 10 Policy Unit; in 2014 - 2015 he was Minister of State for the Cabinet Office; in May 2015 he was appointed Minister of State for Universities and Science.

insisted the barista he'd befriended during his time in parliament.

The former finance minister made clear, particularly near the end of his time in parliament, that a national Canadian securities regulator is badly needed to combat financial crimes.

Not exact matches

The debate could then take place in Parliament in something closer to real - time, rather than in the pages of magazines after it may already be too late.

In the event of a hung parliament, the Italian constitution specifies no time limit for parties to reach an agreement or call a fresh election.

This time, in an effort to show he's taking care of his health, Abe has resumed jogging and is sipping room - temperature water during parliament sessions, apparently to avoid stomach upsets.

Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi could face proceedings in the State Administrative Tribunal after a report tabled in parliament alleged that she failed to declare travel and gifts up to 45 times over seven years.

He added that «we may be looking in a generation's time at an EU that is also configured differently from what it is today, and the exact nature of the relationship between the UK and that future system - whatever it turns out to be - of European cooperation is something that future parliaments, future generations, will have to consider,» he said.

«Mr Osborne is clearly being badly advised and we can only hope that others help him to understand the damage he is doing to the reputation of parliament and democracy at a critical time in the country's history.

By that time all political parties in parliament had aligned themselves behind strong net neutrality rules.

In 1856, The Times echoed his annoyance with the «noisy, dizzy, scatterbrain atmosphere» and called on Parliament to legislate «a little quiet.»

The UK parliament has issued an impressive ultimatum to Facebook in a last - ditch attempt to get Mark Zuckerberg to take its questions: Come and give evidence voluntarily or next time you fly to the UK you'll get a formal summons to appear.

The UK parliament has issued an impressive ultimatum to Facebook in a last - ditch attempt to get Mark Zuckerberg to take its questions: Come and give evidence voluntarily or next time you fly to the UK

It was two and a half years ago that Pierre Poilievre, parliamentary secretary to the Prime Minister at the time and apparently in a hurry to get to Parliament Hill, reportedly exited his car and pressed the entrance button without waiting for the RCMP to clear him.

At that time I wrote: «Friday's opposition vote to defeat the Conservative government for «contempt of Parliament» was an exercise in self - delusion, testosterone and faulty logic that will surely result in Stephen Harper returning after the May 2 election as prime minister — and likely with a majority.

Instead of running ads, they would define Scheer more slowly, over time, with a series of forced choices in Parliament, through government motions, much as opposition parties usually seek to define governments (you'll note that «define» in Ottawa politics is almost always pejorative by implication) through clever use of their occasional opportunity to define a day's parliamentary debate through so - called «supply motions.»

«Our National Pensioners and Senior Citizens Federation told us that every time they had their lobby in Ottawa, Conservative Cabinet Ministers and Tory Members of Parliament refused to meet with them, whereas in previous governments at least the Minister in charge of seniors would meet with the seniors» delegation.

Alexander Nix, the former CEO of the political consultancy firm at the center of a storm about mishandled Facebook users data, has backed out of re-appearing in front of the UK parliament for a second time.

This is why the Financial Times» Lex column reported («Greece: reckoning postponed,» June 29, 2011): «the vote in parliament was held to the sound of rioting and the smell of tear gas.»

The Rajoy government's timing could also have been better, coming just months after the European Parliament called for greater protection for whistleblowers like Falciani in its conclusions on the Panama Papers scandal:

AfD seems certain to repeat its local success in a general election - in which case Ms Merkel's critics will see her as the German leader who paved the way for a racist and nationalist party to gain a toehold in the national parliament for the first time since 1945.

ATHENS, Greece (AP)-- Greece's left - led government submitted to Parliament late Wednesday a new package of creditor - demanded tax hikes and reforms worth 1.8 billion euros ($ 2 billion), which it hopes to have approved by lawmakers in time for a meeting of European officials next week.

Reaching an accord will take time because of the need to find a balance with the Greek government's plans, European Central Bank Executive Board Member Benoit Coeure said in response to questions in the French parliament on Wednesday.

Its safeguards are not safe... similar legislation's been rejected several times in Westminster, and a similar bill was rejected by the Scottish parliament just a couple of weeks ago.

So we're calling all believers, in London especially, to come together for a time of unified prayer on Thursday 19th March in Parliament Square.

Reacting to the result on Wednesday, Archbishop of Sydney Dr Glenn Davies said in a video posted online: «Although this won't prevent me from continuing to teach that marriage, in God's good design, is between a men and a woman... the reality will be, in a very short period of time, our Parliament will legislate for same - sex marriage.»

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.

In 1998, for the first time, the BJP gained more seats in parliament than Nehru's venerable India National Congress partIn 1998, for the first time, the BJP gained more seats in parliament than Nehru's venerable India National Congress partin parliament than Nehru's venerable India National Congress party.

Christian and Labour MP Stephen Pound has told Premier it's time UK politics has a «strong voice for Christ in parliament».

There was, for example, in the eighties an Interfaith Colloquium against Apartheid and there were various interfaith gatherings on ecological issues as well as interfaith prayer and work for peace, but the Parliament for a moment captured the attention of the world and sought to show, at a time of intense conflict in former Yugoslavia and of communal troubles in India, that religions need not be a cause of division but could unite on certain basic ethical teachings.

Speaking to the European Parliament in November 1989 at a time when socialist regimes were falling all over Central and Eastern Europe, the Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie said, «The apparent defeat of communism in Europe should not be seen as a triumph of capitalism.

In the period between the two World Wars, a Scottish Home rule movement was established and in 1934 the Scottish National Party was born, but it was only in the last thirty years that the appetite for political autonomy grew to the point where a devolved Parliament was created in 1998 and met for the first time the following yeaIn the period between the two World Wars, a Scottish Home rule movement was established and in 1934 the Scottish National Party was born, but it was only in the last thirty years that the appetite for political autonomy grew to the point where a devolved Parliament was created in 1998 and met for the first time the following yeain 1934 the Scottish National Party was born, but it was only in the last thirty years that the appetite for political autonomy grew to the point where a devolved Parliament was created in 1998 and met for the first time the following yeain the last thirty years that the appetite for political autonomy grew to the point where a devolved Parliament was created in 1998 and met for the first time the following yeain 1998 and met for the first time the following year.

This progressed all the way to Committee Stage until it ran out of time (when one Parliament ends, all Bills that have not been passed must be re-presented and start again in the next Parliament).

In order for our process of democratization to be complete, the time has come for me to devolve my formal authority to such an elected leadership,» the Dalai Lama said in his message to Tibet's parliament - in - exile, which is meeting at Dharamsala, IndiIn order for our process of democratization to be complete, the time has come for me to devolve my formal authority to such an elected leadership,» the Dalai Lama said in his message to Tibet's parliament - in - exile, which is meeting at Dharamsala, Indiin his message to Tibet's parliament - in - exile, which is meeting at Dharamsala, Indiin - exile, which is meeting at Dharamsala, India.

For the first time in Australia, state elections in Tasmania in 1989 brought five «Greens» into parliament, which resulted in them having the balance of power with the prospect of a major change in direction in environmental issues in that state.

Yet, having encountered Christ and the Church through FAITH or some other of piece of Providence, they often express a desire to «do something for the Church» or even to «work full - time for the Church,» and they look towards the pro-life movement which now has salaried positions to offer, or think about one of the internships offered in Parliament or elsewhere through the scheme initiated by the Bishops» Conference.

Bouncy, described at the time in the Catholic World as «the bearded patriarch of the Cosmic religions ’22 hoped that the Parliament would unite religions on the basis of the Golden Rule and in good deeds.

At the same time, I had a request from Parliament House in Canberra to create a gin they could sell in their gift shop — and one the pollies could drink — that featured a native botanical from every state and territory.»