In the final issues of the Englishman, which ended just as the new session of Parliament began, he provided his enemies with still more ammunition.

Beginning in 1958, the Canadian government began to orchestrate Dominion Day celebrations, usually consisting of Trooping the Colour ceremonies on Parliament Hill in the afternoon and evening, followed by a mass band concert and fireworks display.

The Broadcasting Act 1980 began the process of adding a fourth, and Channel 4, along with its Welsh counterpart, was formally created by an Act of Parliament in 1982.

As reports returned detailing the mismanagement of the conflict arose Parliament began to investigate.

Whitlam proved a far more effective opponent, both in the media and in parliament, and Labor soon began to recover from its losses and gain ground, with Whitlam repeatedly besting Holt in Parliament.

Instead, the Parliament quickly began proceedings to impeach Laud of High Treason, which it succeeded in doing on 18 December.

The Long Parliament began with the execution of Lord Stafford, and effectively ended with the execution of Henry Vane the Younger.

Moore began his parliamentary career when elected as the MP for Eden in 1972, becoming the youngest Member of Parliament ever elected in New Zealand.

The Palace of Westminster as a whole began to see significant alterations from the 18th century onwards, as Parliament struggled to carry out its business in the limited available space and ageing buildings.

A ferry route between Torpoint and Plymouth Dock ( now called Devonport ) was created by an Act of Parliament in 1790 and the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe began to run ferries the following year.

After the Townshend Acts, some essayists even began to question whether Parliament had any legitimate jurisdiction in the colonies at all.

In 1515 he entered the Imperial council, or Parliament, and began a long and illustrious diplomatic career.

The final session of the Reformation Parliament began on 4 February 1536.

A native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career in 1780, eventually becoming the independent Member of Parliament for Yorkshire ( 1784 – 1812 ).

Spurred by a series of articles that appeared in the British Medical Journal in 1867, Parliament began to regulate baby farming in 1872 with the passage of the Infant Life Protection Act.

Seizing the opportunity, the liberals in Parliament began drafting resolutions, complaints, and censures against the king.

In November 1529, the " Long Parliament " of Henry's reign began its series of encroachments on the Roman Catholic Church.

Twenty-two years after his death, the British Parliament passed an Act allowing his paintings to be lent to museums outside London, and so began the process of scattering the pictures which Turner had wanted to be kept together.

His death not only weakened the presbyterian faction in Parliament, it also began the decline of the influence of the nobles who supported the Parliamentary cause.

The land then stayed as crown property until Parliament began selling it in the 17th century.

Mosson was the primary bassist for Funkadelic starting in 1972 and Parliament starting a few years later after Bootsy Collins began to focus on his solo career.

Parliament began its period of greatest mainstream success with the concept album Mothership Connection ( 1975 ), the lyrics of which launched much of the P-Funk mythology.

The band and its sister act Parliament, both led by George Clinton, began the funk music culture of that decade.

Parliament began to use the term bumiputra in 1965.

Many who sought the election of working men and their advocates to the Parliament of the United Kingdom saw the Liberal Party as the main vehicle for achieving this aim.

This was because the SNP gained 47 seats out of 129 in the election, which was some way short of achieving an absolute majority of seats in the Scottish Parliament, but more than any other single party gained.

However, only four months afterwards, on 30 November, Sampaio concluded that the new cabinet was not achieving the desired stability, but quite the opposite, and he therefore dissolved the Parliament, calling new elections for February 2005.

The party has two members ( Ilda Figueiredo and Pedro Guerreiro ) elected to the European Parliament, after achieving 9. 2 % of the vote in the European Election of 2004.

In Parliament, Howard and his caucus colleague Arnold Peters were responsible for reforming Canada's divorce laws, and for achieving significant reforms to Canada's prison system.

The resultant treaty aimed to create a " Single Market " in the Community by 1992, and as a means of achieving this adopted a more collaborative legislative process, later known as the cooperation procedure, which gave the European Parliament a real say in legislating for the first time and introduced more majority voting in the Council of Ministers.

It is interesting to note that David Cecil, the only man to achieve the Great Court Run prior to 2007, and Sebastian Coe, the man who came closest to achieving the feat between Cecil's and Dobin's successes, both achieved the multiple distinctions of Olympic Champion, Member of both Houses of Parliament, and Chairman of London Olympics Organising Committee ( David Cecil, 1948 Olympics ; Sebastian Coe, 2012 Olympics ).

In June 2009, Ioannis Kasoulides was re-elected as a Member of the European Parliament, achieving a new outstanding voting record in number of votes.

The last obstacle to achieving Home Rule was removed with the Parliament Act 1911, when the House of Lords lost its power to veto legislation and could only delay a bill for two years.

However, they were excluded from negotiations by the victorious English Parliament and by 1647, they despaired of achieving their political goals-the establishment of Presbyterianism in the Three Kingdoms and asserting the civil authority of the Scots Parliament and the General Assembly of the Scottish Kirk ( Presbyterian Church ).

A 2000 Parliament Commission report concluded that the strategy and operations by the clandestine, US-supported, " stay-behind " Gladio was designed to " stop the PCI, and to a certain degree also the PSI Socialist Party, from achieving executive power in the country ".

Wong had a number of major successes while in Parliament such as achieving the inquiry into Kariong Juvenile Justice Centre, stopping the major grocery companies expanding into drug sales as chemists, and was instrumental in bringing about the moratorium on genetically modified crop trials in NSW.

By the middle of the century parliamentary Radicals joined with others in the Parliament of the United Kingdom to form the Liberal Party, eventually achieving reform of the electoral system.

The Fifth Monarchists were also a significant opponent to the Rump Parliament and leading Fifth Monarchists like Vavasor Powell were annoyed at the Rump's failure to renew certain pieces of legislation, such as the Propagation of the Gospel in Wales, because they believed that the Rump was not fulfilling what the Fifth Monarchists perceived to be its aim, that is to turn England into a more ' godly ' nation.

A significant number of constituencies were contested by nationals of countries outside the UK, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and India, as British electoral law allows any member of a Commonwealth country to stand for Parliament.

He also implemented many procedural reforms, to make Parliament and the Liberal caucus meetings run more efficiently, significantly expanded the size and role of the Prime Minister's office, and substantially expanded the welfare state, with the establishment of new programmes, and significant improvements in existing ones, with welfare payments to the aged, the young, and the underprivileged greatly expanded in an attempt to bring about a European-style social democracy in Canada.

The latter resulted in the abolition of the Council and a significant increase in the size of Parliament in December 2008.

The main effect of the act was to weaken the power of the landed gentry, and enlarge the power of the professional and business middle-class, which now for the first time had a significant voice in Parliament.

A major part of Bucharest's architecture is made up of buildings constructed during the Communist era replacing the historical architecture with high density apartment blocks – significant portions of the historic center of Bucharest were demolished in order to construct one of the largest buildings in the world, the Palace of the Parliament ( then officially called the House of the Republic ).

On 27 June 2001, the Intelligence Services Act 2001 ( ISA ) was introduced into Parliament by then Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Downer, which proposed significant changes to the Australian Intelligence Community ( AIC ).

The French president, by a constitutional convention, only controls foreign and military policy — and even then, allocation of funding is under the control of Parliament and under the significant influence of the prime minister.

It met with significant opposition from the Pittite factions in Parliament that had governed the country for so long ( opposition was especially pronounced in the House of Lords ).

When Parliament reconvened in November, Cromwell brought in the most significant revision of the treason laws since 1352, making it treasonous to speak rebellious words against the royal family, to deny their titles, or to call the King a heretic, tyrant, infidel, or usurper.

The Clapham sect have been credited with playing a significant part in the development of Victorian morality, through their writings, their societies, their influence in Parliament, and their example in philanthropy and moral campaigns, especially against slavery.

The subsequent Court of Appeal ruling agreed that the 1949 Act itself was valid, but left open the question of whether the Commons could use the Parliament Act to make significant changes to the constitution ( for example, repealing the Parliament Act's provision prohibiting the Act from being used to extend the lifespan of Parliament ).

Dalyell's independent stance in Parliament ensured his isolation from significant committees and jobs.

The most significant achievement was passage of the Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Act of 2010, approved by the Council of Ministers in January 2010 and ratified by Parliament in June 2010.

The banning of public meetings, and new legislation on sedition and treason ( rushed through Parliament immediately after April 10 ) drove a significant number of Chartists ( including the black Londoner, William Cuffay ) to prepare an uprising in August.

With the significant problems considered as solved, the Board of Longitude was abolished by Act of Parliament in 1828.

Through the Middle Ages the wooden buildings within the castle square evolved and changed, the most significant addition being the Great Hall built of stone and timber, variously used as Parliament house, court of law and banqueting hall.

The Inns of Court continued but became less effective and admission to the bar still did not require any significant educational activity or examination, therefore in 1846 Parliament examined the education and training of prospective barristers and found the system to be inferior to the legal education provided in Europe and the United States.

The Stamp Act Congress held in New York City, reflecting the first significant joint colonial response to any British measure, also petitioned Parliament and the King.

In December 2008, NS & I dropped significantly the interest rate ( and therefore the odds of investors winning a prize ) due to the corresponding significant drop in the Bank of England base rate during the " credit crunch ", leading to strong criticism from Members of Parliament, financial experts, and holders of premium bonds ; many claimed that Premium Bonds were now " worthless ", and somebody with the maximum £ 30, 000 invested who has " average luck " would win only 10 prizes per year compared to 15 in the previous year.

Pride's Purge was arguably the most significant political event of the English Civil War, directly leading to the execution of Charles I and thus a permanent end to hostilities between the King and Parliament.