Tag: UK Parliament

• Thursday, April 26th 2018 - 09:04 UTC

  UK could consider an extension of Brexit talks if Parliament rejects withdrawal deal

  

  Brexit Secretary David Davis has suggested the UK government could consider asking for Brexit negotiations to be extended if Parliament votes down the withdrawal deal later this year. Speaking to the Exiting the EU Committee on Wednesday, Davis conceded that it would not be impossible to prolong Article 50 negotiations, having previously said that the deal would “fall” if MPs vote it down.

• Monday, October 30th 2017 - 06:52 UTC

  Falklands and Bermuda governments fund their governors' uniforms

  

  Who pays for the uniforms worn by the Governors of British Overseas Territories was discussed in UK Parliament last week, with Minister of State stating that since 2001, the policy “has been that those Territories wishing to keep their ceremonial uniforms pay for them themselves,” and currently the “Governors of Bermuda and Falkland Islands retain the uniform, both funded by their respective Territory governments.”

• Tuesday, August 22nd 2017 - 07:11 UTC

  UK controversy over tactical voting; reform campaigners want proportional representation

  

  Tactical voting reached a new peak at June's general election as voters tried to get round a failed system, according to electoral reform campaigners. The Electoral Reform Society branded the poll a “hold your nose election,” claiming 6.5 million voted tactically rather than for what they believed in.

• Tuesday, July 25th 2017 - 04:17 UTC

  Influential Tory MP proposes BOTs elected representation in Westminster

  

  An influential Tory MP has said that increased devolution powers to the Home countries has made lack of Westminster representation for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories a great unfairness, and it is time to end the outdated system of treating them like Colonies.

• Tuesday, July 11th 2017 - 05:39 UTC

  “Remain” cross party group in Parliament pledges to fight “hard Brexit”

  

  A cross-party group to co-ordinate the UK parliamentary fight against a “hard Brexit” has been set up under the leadership of Tory former minister Ana Soubry and senior Labour MP Chuka Umunna.

• Friday, February 17th 2017 - 10:33 UTC

  Falklands receives four member of the UK Parliament

  

  Four members of the UK Parliament are visiting the Islands Guests of the Falkland Islands Government; they are accompanied by Falkland Islands Government Representative in London Sukey Cameron MBE. Members of Parliament are regularly invited to the Falkland Islands by FIG.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2017 - 08:09 UTC

  Government cannot trigger Article 50 without an act of Parliament, rules the Supreme Court

  

  The UK Parliament must vote on whether the government can start the Brexit process, the Supreme Court has ruled. The judgment means Prime Minister Theresa May cannot begin talks with the EU until MPs and peers give their backing - although this is expected to happen in time for the government's 31 March deadline.

• Monday, May 25th 2015 - 06:46 UTC

  Gibraltarians will be able to vote in UK's referendum on ties with European Union

  

  Gibraltarians will be able to vote in Britain’s referendum on whether to sever ties with the European Union. The franchise for referendum, promised by Prime Minister David Cameron by the end of 2017, will be based on that for a UK general election - meaning Irish, Maltese and Cypriots resident in the UK will get a vote, but other EU citizens will not.

• Saturday, September 27th 2014 - 08:32 UTC

  UK Parliament approves air strikes against Islamic State extremists

  

  The UK Parliament has backed British participation in air strikes against Islamic State extremists in Iraq. After a seven-hour debate, MPs voted for military action by 524 votes to 43. Bombing could start as early as Sunday according to defense sources.

• Wednesday, December 26th 2012 - 06:16 UTC

  UK Parliament addresses disruption of Falklands’ shipping and tourism by Argentina

  

  The disruption of shipping and tourism in Argentina and the Falkland Islands reached the British Parliament and was addressed by Foreign Office officials who said the UK regrets the Argentine attitude but is also holding talks with international partners that share concerns about illegitimate interferences, and with the cruise industry.