* Background note: " Sorry ": the unfinished business of the Bringing Them Home report, Australian Parliamentary Library, 4 February 2008

A recent example, is when a court ruled that it was illegal for local authority councils to hold prayers before undertaking the council business ( though part of the session ) and the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government signed a Parliamentary Order approved by Parliament, to overrule the court and legally allow all local authorities to hold prayers at sessions.

The concept of a parallel body to expedite Parliamentary business, based on the Australian Federation Chamber, was mentioned in a 1998 British House of Commons report, which led to the creation of that body's parallel chamber Westminster Hall.

No Parliamentary business is conducted during that time, except the taking of oaths of allegiance and the election of a Speaker by the House of Commons.

Charles Stewart Parnell, a young Irish nationalist Member of Parliament ( MP ), who in 1880 became leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party, joined him in this tactic to obstruct the business of the House and force the Liberals and Conservatives to negotiate with him and his party.

Conservative Member of Parliament Tom Lukiwski is known for his ability to stall Parliamentary Committee business by filibustering.

Parliamentary business, in the form of the hotly contested Reform Bill campaign, delayed his taking command until May.

As a result of Law's proven experience in business matters and his skill as an economic spokesman for the government, Balfour offered him the position of Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade when he formed his government, which Law accepted, and he was appointed on 8 August 1902.

Allegations concerning Peters ' involvement with Simunovich Fisheries and former Member of Parliament Ross Meurant, who was engaged as both adviser to Peters and in undefined business activities with Peter Simunovich ( managing director of Simunovich Fisheries ), culminated in a Parliamentary Select Committee enquiry into what became known as the ' scampi enquiry '.

She is also a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Human Trafficking and speaks regularly on health care and education in the Middle East and Eastern Europe and business development in Iraq and its wider neighbourhood.

From 1999 to 2001 Baroness Scotland was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office where she was inter alia, responsible for the UK Government's diplomatic relations with North America, the Caribbean, Overseas Territories, Consular Division, British Council, administration and all Parliamentary business in the House of Lords.

Joyce, along with fellow MPs Tom Harris and Jo Swinson, regularly uses the social networking tool Twitter during Parliamentary business including the Prime Minister's Questions to encourage constituents to feel involved with parliamentary proceedings.

I, _________________________, being appointed Prime Minister, do swear that I will to the best of my judgment, at all times when so required, freely give my counsel and advice to the Governor-General ( or any other person for the time being lawfully performing the functions of that office ) for the good management of the public affairs of Barbados, and I do further swear that I will not on any account, at any time whatsoever, disclose the counsel, advice, opinion or vote of any particular Minister or Parliamentary Secretary and that I will not, except with the authority of the Cabinet and to such extent as may be required for the good management of the affairs of Barbados, directly or indirectly reveal the business or proceedings of the Cabinet or the nature or contents of any documents communicated to me as Prime Minister or any matter coming to my knowledge in my capacity as such, and that in all things I will be a true and faithful Prime Minister.

Brownlee also became the Leader of the House, making him responsible for the schedule of Government business, allocating time for non-governmental and opposition business to be presented to the house and announcing the Business Statement for the Parliamentary sitting dates to the house and its members.

This radical wing of the party launched parliamentary filibusters to obstruct the passage of Parliamentary business, to the embarrassment of Butt and frustration of successive British governments.

He held a seat on the Parliament's Enterprise and Culture Committee and was the Green's Parliamentary business manager and speaker on nuclear issues, culture and peace.

Parliament may continue to sit for a wash-up period of a few days after the Prime Minister has announced the date when Parliament will be dissolved, to finish some last items of Parliamentary business.

A whip also schedules the MPs that will speak for each item of Parliamentary business.

TSI performs an important and influencing role in engaging with, and making representations to, government, UK and EU Parliamentary institutions, and key stakeholders in the local government, community, business and consumer sectors, and other regulatory agencies.

Parliamentary business was also carried out by ‘ sister ’ institutions, before c. 1500 by General Council and thereafter by the Convention of Estates.

As most MPs supported compensation, the Admiralty was forced to concede to a judicial hearing to decide the matter, otherwise the business would be ' lost ' ( a Parliamentary term meaning postponed, not dismissed, to a future day ).

* 1647 – The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungan's Hill – English Parliamentary forces defeat Irish forces.

Among the consequences of the Third Reform Act ( 1884 – 85 ) was the giving of the vote to the Catholic peasants in Ireland, and the consequent creation of an Irish Parliamentary Party led by Charles Stewart Parnell.

Further, they opposed the creation of an electoral college to elect the leader of the Party, who had previously been elected by members of the Parliamentary Labour Party – in particular, the arrangement of block voting by constituency parties and trade unions, with the total votes of a constituency party or trade union being given to a candidate based on a first-past-the-post within that CLP or union, or changed at the discretion of delegates ( similar to primary elections in the United States ).

In recent years, however, particularly when the authoritarian regime of Augusto Pinochet is taken into consideration, some scholars have reevaluated the Parliamentary Republic of 1891 – 1925.

* 1731 – Naturalization of Hieronimus de Salis Parliamentary Act is passed.

* Leader, Parliamentary NZ Labour Party 1990 – 1993

* 1964 – Canada: A Multi-Party Parliamentary Committee selects the design which becomes the new official Flag of Canada.

* August 8 – Battle of Dungan's Hill: Irish forces are defeated by English Parliamentary forces.

Politics in the Age of Peel: A Study in the Technique of Parliamentary Representation, 1830 – 1850.

Parliamentary Reform 1640 – 1832.

Wilkes, Wyvill and Reform: The Parliamentary Reform Movement in British Politics, 1760 – 1785.

* William Cobbett – Parliamentary reformer and agrarian

In 1972 – 1973, he worked as a Parliamentary Intern in Ottawa where he worked for Ed Broadbent.

* Rob Moore, Canadian citizen who lived here during his teenage years, and member of the Canadian Parliament for Fundy Royal ( 2004 – present ) and current Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada ( 2006 – present ).

Craig ( ed ), British Parliamentary Election Results 1885 – 1918 ( Macmillan, 1974 )

* Wesley Ferris, " The Candidates of the Liberal Unionist Party, 1886 – 1912 ", Parliamentary History, vol 30, pt 2 ( 2011 ), pp 142 – 157

* Sir Frederick Francis Liddell ( 7 June 1865 – 19 March 1950 ): First Parliamentary Counsel and Ecclesiastical Commissioner.

He previously served as Minister for Finance ( 1965 – 1966 ), Minister for Industry and Commerce ( 1959 – 1965 ), Minister for Education ( 1957 – 1959 ), Minister for the Gaeltacht ( 1957 ) and as a Parliamentary Secretary.

Coke, despite the fear in Parliament, stood and spoke, citing historical precedents supporting the principle that members of the Commons could, within Parliament, say whatever they wished – something now codified as Parliamentary privilege.

The exception to this sequence are the Business Questions ( Questions to the Leader of House of Commons ), in which questions are submitted about Parliamentary procedure, as well as any issue that MPs might want to raise to the government.

Parliamentary Questions can be tabled for Ministers in either house of Parliament ( a process called interpellation in political science, or PQs in practice ), either for written or oral reply.

On March 6, 2002, while answering Parliamentary Questions, Bradshaw accused George Galloway of " being not just an apologist but a mouthpiece for the Iraqi regime over many years ".

He also stood down from his role as spokesman for the Speaker's Committee answering Parliamentary Questions for the Electoral Commission.

He was once a Parliamentary Private Secretary, but was forced to resign and was suspended for 20 days after he was found to have accepted a £ 1000 bribe to ask questions in Parliament, popularly known as the Cash for Questions affair.

He regularly tables Parliamentary Questions scrutinising the Scottish Government ’ s conduct, and supposedly exposed several " irregularities ", including the entertaining of wealthy SNP backers at Bute House at the expense of the taxpayer, and the preferential treatment given to Stagecoach, whose co-founder Brian Souter gave £ 500, 000 to the SNP, in the Forth hovercraft project.

Maxwell Fyfe was a champion of European integration and a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from August 1949 to May 1952, becoming the Chair of the Assembly's Committee on Legal and Administrative Questions, and rapporteur on the committee drafting the European Convention on Human Rights.

Questions of constitutional reform, land ownership and nationalism all combined to complicate matters, as did splits in both the Liberal Party in 1886 and the Irish Parliamentary Party in 1891.

The Committee is responsible for answering Parliamentary Questions on behalf of the Commission.

Alexander's responsibilities included the merchant navy, and answering Parliamentary Questions on all trade matters.

Providing support to Ministers through briefing and advice on replies to correspondence and Parliamentary Questions.

Recipient of Silver Medal by Bureau of Parliamentary Affairs for raising maximum number ( more than 7000 ) of Questions on the Floor of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly during 1967-71.

* Called to Serve-A compilation of Parliamentary Speeches & Questions ( 10th Singapore Parliament, 2002-2006 ) by NCMP Steve Chia Autobiography about himself and 10th Singapore Parliament.

The position required a great deal of detailed work and would always attract many Parliamentary Questions, but did not allow the minister much scope for initiative or achievement.

Richards presented GMTV's The Sunday Programme, BBC Two's Despatch Box, BBC Radio 4's Week in Westminster and chairs a light-hearted quiz show on Radio 4, Parliamentary Questions.

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