Tag: House of Commons

• Wednesday, July 31st 2024 - 08:20 UTC

  Falklands Ranger Guides meet the Speaker of the House of Commons

  

  On Tuesday 30th July, a group of Ranger Guides from the Falkland Islands visited the Houses of Parliament to meet with the Speaker of the House of Commons, The Rt. Hon Lindsay Hoyle MP.

• Tuesday, January 30th 2024 - 10:43 UTC

  UK Commons committee has an “air tour” of South Georgia island and advancing icebergs

  

  The House of Commons Environmental Audit Sub-Committee on Polar Research, EAC, visiting the Falkland Islands on their way to Antarctica in December enjoyed an ”air tour'' of South Georgia island.

• Thursday, January 18th 2024 - 10:10 UTC

  PM Sunak relief: Rwanda Bill approved by Commons but stiffer battle expected at Lords

  

  British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has succeeded in getting his key Rwanda bill through the House of Commons after a Tory rebellion failed to materialize, BBC reports. But the bill must now go to the House of Lords, another stiff battle.

• Wednesday, September 27th 2023 - 09:17 UTC

  Canada's House of Commons Speaker steps down after honoring Nazi soldier

  

  Anthony Rota Tuesday turned in his resignation as Speaker of Canada's House of Commons following the recognition as a hero of a former Ukrainian member of Germany's Nazi SS Waffen. He said he would leave his position at the end of Wednesday’s session.

• Wednesday, May 17th 2023 - 10:51 UTC

  Brexit aftermath, UK Parliament takes initiative as to how and when scrapping EU legislation

  

  The British government has suffered defeats in the House of Lords over plans to scrap certain EU laws by the end of the year, reports BBC. Peers backed an amendment which would give Parliament greater scrutiny over which rules should be ditched and also voted to give devolved governments, rather than Westminster ministers, the final say on whether EU rights should be kept.

• Tuesday, March 7th 2023 - 10:13 UTC

  Britain's security compromised due to ammo shortage after aiding Ukraine

  

  The British House of Commons Defense Committee urged the Government to devise a plan to boost the UK arms industry after a shortage in ammunition was reported due to constant assistance to Ukraine since the Russian invasion a little over a year ago. The House of Commons defense committee also warned that the UK's ammunition stockpile had dropped to a point that it jeopardized the country's security.

• Wednesday, November 9th 2022 - 10:40 UTC

  Falkland Islander addresses the House of Commons from the dispatch

  

  A Law student at Stoke-on-Trent became the first Falkland Islander to address his “peers” at the House of Commons last Friday during a special session of the United Kingdom's Youth Parliament, with Sir Lindsay Hoyle presiding the meeting.

• Saturday, August 13th 2022 - 10:05 UTC

  Falklands Day celebrated in Parliament with Islands' flag flying at New Palace Yard

  

  Following on instructions from the Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the flag of the Falkland Islands in flying at New Palace Yard, to mark Falklands Day, when the first sighting of the Islands in 1592.

• Thursday, July 21st 2022 - 06:51 UTC

  And then they were 2: Sunak and Truss

  

  Following Wednesday's round of voting, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss finally made it to the showdown against former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak in the contest for Conservative Party leader and British Prime Minister.

• Monday, July 11th 2022 - 09:46 UTC

  Queen's Guards bearskin caps debate in Commons: petition to replace them by fake ones

  

  This Monday 11 July, the House of Commons will debate a petition relating to the use of real bearskin hats by the Queen's Guards.