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Canadian National Railway Co. made a last-minute effort to end a three-day strike by 1,700 of its engineers Tuesday before back-to-work legislation was slated to be debated in the House of Commons today. Full Article at Vancouver Sun
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Staffordshire MP Sir Patrick Cormack, one of the longest-serving and most respected Members in the Commons, has announced that he will not be fighting the next general election. Full Article at The Birmingham Mail
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A House of Commons teddy bear, a blanket, jewellery, perfume, a DVD, a purse and a book, have all been added to the Evening Post Christmas Toy Appeal. Full Article at This is Bristol
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O n Monday I posted a piece here titled " The Prime Minister makes a big mistake ," narrating the Conservative government's foolish attempt a year ago to bankrupt the opposition, its failure to address the economic crisis and the resulting decision by... Full Article at Globe and Mail
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The UK will deploy 500 extra troops to Afghanistan, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced today, Monday 30 November 2009. Full Article at DefenceTalk.com
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In an embarrasing episode, the Palace of Westminster had just two packets left in the whole building. Full Article at The Telegraph
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y mother once accidentally crushed my thumb in a door. She was a good mother, but accidents happen. Full Article at National Post
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Your leader column rightly states that "confidence in politics is about a lot more than MPs' expenses" (Just do the Wright thing, 25 November). But in discussing Tony Wright's select committee report on House of Commons reform, you claim his proposals " Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
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Reese Witherspoon was all in black last night for dinner at London's La Petite Maison. She was up this morning for her latest Avon event, this time at the House of Commons. Full Article at Popsugar
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Industry Minister Tony Clement says the NDP is "fear-mongering" about ACTA. Full Article at CBC News
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OTTAWA – The House of Commons has voted in favour of holding a judicial inquiry into the treatment of Afghan detainees, but the majority motion will likely be ignored by the governing Conservatives. Full Article at Toronto Star
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Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon says he will provide documents to a committee investigating Afghan detainee transfers. Full Article at CBC News
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Status of Women Minister Helena Guergis places a rose during a ceremony at the House of Commons Tuesday commemorating the École Polytechnique massacre. Full Article at CBC News
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• AV could replace first-past-the-post Westminster system • Re-elected government would hold vote by October 2011 Campaigners for voting system reform say the electorate is keen to see a wider spread of parties at Westminster. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
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China has agreed to lift the ban on all imports of pork products from Canada immediately, Ottawa announced Tuesday. Full Article at CBC News
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OTTAWA MPs are set to vote later today on an NDP motion calling for a public inquiry into the treatment of Afghan detainees. With support from New Democrats, Liberals and the Bloc Quebecois, the House of Commons is expected to pass the motion. Full Article at CTV
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OTTAWA Opposition critics boycotted a non-partisan ceremony Tuesday marking the 20th anniversary of the Dec. 6 l'Ecole Polytechnique massacre, saying they couldn't stand alongside the Conservative status of women minister. Full Article at CTV
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OTTAWA - Opposition critics boycotted the Harper government's ceremony today marking the anniversary of the Dec. 6 l'Ecole Polytechnique massacre. Full Article at Macleans.ca
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O pposition MPs are preparing to pass a motion in the House of Commons calling on the government to launch a public inquiry into the handling of detainees in Afghanistan. Full Article at Globe and Mail
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Sir Patrick, 70, said that he no longer wished to serve in the Commons after the changes made following the MPs’ expenses scandal. His announcement brings to 119 the number of MPs who will leave the House of Commons at the next election. Full Article at The Telegraph
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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.
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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.
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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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WELLS, ENGLAND - AUGUST 06: Leader of the House of Commons Harriet Harman leaves Wells Cathedral after attending the funeral of World War I veteran Harry Patch on August 6, 2009 in Wells, England. Harry Patch was born on June 17, 1898 and lived to become Europe�s oldest man.
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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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LONDON - JUNE 23: The new Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow sits in his office at the House of Commons on June 23, 2009 in London, England. The Speaker revealed that he will not claim the parliamentary second home allowance while in the post.
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LONDON - JUNE 23: The new Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow sits in his office at the House of Commons on June 23, 2009 in London, England. The Speaker revealed that he will not claim the parliamentary second home allowance while in the post.
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Newly elected Speaker of Britain's House of Commons, John Bercow, walks during the Speakers Procession in the Houses of Parliament in central London, June 22, 2009.
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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.
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Phil Willis MP said the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee – of which he is chair – had written to UEA asking for copies of the e-mails and an explanation. Depending on the response, the committee will decide whether to proceed further.
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I would have a referendum whenever you get to one million signatures. You have to trust the people, if we had done that we would not have gone to war in Iraq. The House of Commons should be reduced to 250 MPs and we should think about abolishing the House of Lords. We in UKIP are anti the political clas...
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Can we have a debate on this gentleman, who forces Rt Hon Members opposite to dissemble on his tax status, uses gagging writs to intimidate papers. It's only in this House of Commons that this man's corroding and ugly and corrupt influence of Caribbean and British politics can be debated ...
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Canada’s position does not correspond to the will of federal MPs who demanded, by a majority vote in the House of Commons, that Canada take a positive position at Copenhagen.
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When the Queen was addressing the British Parliament about three or four days ago, she did so in the House of Commons, not the House of Lords. Majority of the members of parliament are in the House of Commons. The practice is also the same anywhere you have a bi-cameral legislature
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Thou shalt not print nor broadcast any reference to the undemocratic control by the agents of Israel over the House of Commons &/or the House of Lords.
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Except in relation to anything said in debate, a member of the House of Lords or of the House of Commons is subject to the ordinary course of criminal justice, the privileges of Parliament do not apply to criminal matters.
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I'm not sure all these Lords ministers should be given the legitimacy they seek by being allowed to be directly accountable to the Commons. Only a Commons minister should have the privilege of being able to take part in the proceedings of the House of Commons
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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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Those were our children we threw out of the House of Commons today....the most responsible young adults in Canada.
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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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