Tag: UK Parliament

• Wednesday, April 26th 2023 - 03:45 UTC

  Debate in UK Parliament on impacts of Brexit; request for a public inquest

  

  Brexit and its consequences is not a closed issue and remains very much alive. Not only did Scotland, Northern Ireland, Gibraltar reject Brexit, but other Overseas Territories such as the Falkland Islands have suffered from the 2016 initiative.

• Monday, April 17th 2023 - 21:11 UTC

  UK's PM Sunak under investigation over his wife's shareholding dealings

  

  UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak is being investigated by Parliament in relation to his wife's shareholding in a childcare company that may benefit from the new government policy. Parliament's Commissioner for Standards started the investigation into the “declaration of interest” on April 13th, according to an official list of open inquiries.

• Tuesday, December 28th 2021 - 09:35 UTC

  UK Parliament Defense Committee report, “we're going to need a bigger Navy”

  

  Britain’s parliamentary Defense Committee has fired a broadside at the government, raising significant concerns about the future size and capabilities of the Royal Navy in a report released this month” and reported by Defense News.

• Thursday, October 1st 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Johnson yields to Parliament rebellion over powers to introduce more coronavirus restrictions

  

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government defused a rebellion on Wednesday over its sweeping powers to introduce coronavirus restrictions, promising angry lawmakers more say over the introduction over any new national measures.

• Friday, December 20th 2019 - 09:43 UTC

  UK Parliament ready to vote the Brexit divorce deal with the European Union

  

  Britain's freshly-elected parliament prepared on Friday to move past years of partisan wrangling and initially approve Prime Minister Boris Johnson's divorce deal with the European Union.

• Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 09:31 UTC

  Commons has a new Speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, who promised “the House will change for better”

  

  Long-serving Labour Party lawmaker Lindsay Hoyle was elected speaker of Britain’s House of Commons on Monday, taking up the job with a clear message: I’m not John Bercow.

• Thursday, October 31st 2019 - 09:20 UTC

  House of Commons “order order” Speaker heading for the Lords: successor will be elected Monday

  

  Speaker John Bercow is set to shout “order order” for the last time in the House of Commons as his 10-year reign as Speaker comes to an end. He will preside over the business in the chamber one final time.

• Monday, October 28th 2019 - 09:11 UTC

  UK Parliament to vote on government's call for an early election 12 December

  

  UK members of Parliament are due to vote this Monday on the government's call to have an election on 12 December. Boris Johnson said if the motion was approved, his Brexit bill would resume its progress through Parliament until that is dissolved on 6 November.

• Friday, October 25th 2019 - 08:41 UTC

  Johnson proposes Parliament time to scrutinize his Brexit deal for a snap election on 12 December

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday offered parliament more time to scrutinize his Brexit deal if it agrees to hold a snap general election on Dec 12. The premier suspended debates on his EU divorce deal after MPs on Tuesday refused to rush it through parliament in time for the Oct 31 Brexit deadline.

• Tuesday, October 22nd 2019 - 09:44 UTC

  Another Brexit vote this Tuesday; Speaker Bercow shot down Johnson's Monday attempt

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson brushed aside yet another Brexit setback on Monday and sought again to ram through his EU divorce deal in time for next week's deadline. House of Commons speaker John Bercow shot down Johnson's second attempt on Monday to get MPs to sign off on his revised EU withdrawal terms.