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Labour is hoping to use a positive result in this week's Glasgow North East byelection as the springboard for a national revival of its fortunes, the party's candidate said last night. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
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The battle for the parliamentary seat vacated by former House of Commons speaker Michael Martin could hand the British National Party its first major breakthrough in Scotland, it was claimed yesterday. Full Article at The Independent
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Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff stands to vote in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa September 18, 2009. As expected, Canada's minority Conservative government easily survived a budget vote on Friday with the help of two opposition parties. View Photo »
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Barack, you’ll have heard of last week’s Afghanistan vote in our House of Commons: a major rebellion, on a motion expressing doubt on the strategy and asking ministers to reconsider the options, including a phased withdrawal. I can hold the line, Mr President, for a month or two more; but we’ve got to s...
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The six point plan set out by David Cameron last week was intended to preserve British sovereignty within the European Union now that the Lisbon Treaty - designed to streamline the EU and increase its powers now it has 27 members - has finally come... Full Article at The Telegraph
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Poole’s elected representatives can reflect the House of Commons at its worst, with some launching scathing personal attacks and taunting political opponents. Full Article at Bournemouth Daily Echo
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Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Wednesday Nov.4, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld OTTAWA - The exodus continues from Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff's inner circle. Full Article at Canoe
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Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe speaks in the House of Commons during Question Period in Ottawa Tuesday Sept. 15 , 2009. Duceppe said his party will vote for the government's key budget bill Friday because there is nothing inherently wrong with it. View Photo »
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I was especially irked when Duffy called Stoffer a faker, who pretends to support Canadian troops but votes against funding allocations for them. Let’s be clear. There is no member of the House of Commons who is behind our men and women in uniform more than Peter Stoffer.
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The Colthurst collection, which includes 4,000 items, provides a remarkable insight into the lives of three of Cork’s great merchant families over three centuries. Full Article at Irish Examiner
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Since David Cameron became Tory leader, a key part of his mission has been to make the Conservative party far more representative of the country it wants to govern. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
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A worker prepares the House of Commons for the return of the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa September 10, 2009. Parliamentarians will return from their summer break on September 14.
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WELLS, ENGLAND - AUGUST 06: Leader of the House of Commons Harriet Harman (R) leaves Wells Cathedral with an unidentified woman after attending the funeral of World War I veteran Harry Patch on August 6, 2009 in Wells, England.
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Speaker of the House of Commons Peter Milliken (L) explains details of the House of Commons to Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko (R) on Parliament Hill in Ottawa July 7, 2009. Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are on an official visit to Canada from July 3-14.
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The new Speaker of the British House of Commons, John Bercow, seen at his office Tuesday June 23, 2009, at the House of Commons in Westminster, London, one day after he was appointed to the position. the first Jewish Speaker to hold the position, Bercow revealed he will break with tradi...
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Barack, you’ll have heard of last week’s Afghanistan vote in our House of Commons: a major rebellion, on a motion expressing doubt on the strategy and asking ministers to reconsider the options, including a phased withdrawal. I can hold the line, Mr President, for a month or two more; but we’ve got to s...
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I was especially irked when Duffy called Stoffer a faker, who pretends to support Canadian troops but votes against funding allocations for them. Let’s be clear. There is no member of the House of Commons who is behind our men and women in uniform more than Peter Stoffer.
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The standard of debate in the Chamber of the House of Commons was very high
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Edinburgh City Chambers, the House of Commons and House of Lords all have large meeting rooms.
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The comments made by Peter Robinson in the House of Commons are entirely consistent with the party manifesto. Our insistence upon community confidence before the devolution of policing and justice is a long-standing DUP policy.
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I think there is a growing gulf between the requirements of managing a huge department with big issues of money and large numbers of people, huge technological issues, issues of science – in which the House of Commons has almost zero capability – and the growing trend for people to come into politics mo...
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When acting in the House of Commons, they should be neither socialists, Liberals, not Tories, but a Labour party.
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Any change to the position of the Queen or her representatives in Canada now requires the unanimous consent of the Senate, the House of Commons and the assemblies of all the provinces.
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There shall be One Parliament for Canada, consisting of the Queen, an Upper House styled the Senate, and the House of Commons.
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We're all agreed in the Liberal Party, and the whole House of Commons voted together, that it's important to be clear about what sentencing means, and that we have real transparency in sentencing
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Canada's Parliament consists of three parts: the House of Commons, the Senate and the Crown, which is represented by the Governor General
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Since 1998, Diwali on Parliament Hill (the seat of the House of Commons) has grown in significance and stature, and today can truly be considered as Canada's National Diwali Festival
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The Prime Minister will make a statement to the House of Commons on Afghanistan and that will be on Wednesday.
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If you have a new election and a new House of Commons, we will have a vote - but it will be a free vote because this is a conscience issue, and anyone who cares about this issue should talk to their Member of Parliament and join the great public debate about it.
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Caucus Chair Marc Garneau indicated that the Liberals will evaluate each vote in the House of Commons, and MP Alexandra Mendes agreed that there could be exceptions to categorical opposition to every Conservative bill.
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The leader (Michael Ignatieff) is now working on the details for a non-confidence motion, which we expect will be tabled in the House of Commons ... today to give the House of Commons sufficient notice and will be dealt with on Thursday
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Paul Martin said today in the House of Commons that he does not want to proceed with piecemeal Senate reform. By stating this precondition, the prime minister has rung the death knell on making the Upper Chamber democratic and accountable to Canadians. Without federal leadership, Canada’s system of appo...
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Before devolution, the Lord Advocate, and the Solicitor General were most often members of either the House of Commons or the House of Lords ... The Lord Advocate left Scotland on the Monday and came back on the Thursday. The main department he was responsible for – the Crown Office – mainly saw the Lor...
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Alastair Campbell in London is a pal, and he gave me a shoebox full of cufflinks that relate to the House of Lords and the House of Commons. I was even offered a pair of George Bush cufflinks, but I declined – they were very much red-cowboy-style. On St Patrick’s Day, I was given House of Representative...
SOURCE: Irish Times
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