In his letter mentioning Shakespeare on January 24, 1597/8, Sturley asked Quiney especially that `` theare might ( be ) bi Sir Ed. Grev. some meanes made to the Knightes of the Parliament for an ease and discharge of such taxes and subsedies wherewith our towne is like to be charged, and I assure u I am in great feare and doubte bi no meanes hable to paie.

Legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of the Parliament.

* Atomic Dog, a song that is popular world wide ; written and performed by Our Father Who Art of Funk ; " George Clinton " from Parliament and the Funkadelics

A common assault is an assault that lacks any of the aggravating features which Parliament has deemed serious enough to deserve a higher penalty.

The ALP was founded as a federal party prior to the first sitting of the Australian Parliament in 1901, but is descended from Labour parties founded in the various Australian colonies by the emerging labour movement in Australia, formally beginning in 1891.

In Australia's Federal Parliament, the ACT is represented by four federal members: two members of the House of Representatives ; the Division of Fraser and the Division of Canberra and is one of only two territories to be represented in the Senate, with two Senators ( the other being the Northern Territory ).

The city centre is laid out on two perpendicular axes: a water axis stretching along Lake Burley Griffin, and a ceremonial land axis stretching from Parliament House on Capital Hill north-eastward along ANZAC Parade to the Australian War Memorial at the foot of Mount Ainslie.

The Act of Settlement is an act of the Parliament of England that was passed in 1701 to settle the succession to the English and Irish crowns and thrones on the Electress Sophia of Hanover ( a granddaughter of James I ) and her Protestant heirs.

* 1077 – The first Parliament of Friuli is created.

In 1879 he was elected a member of the Landsting ( one of two chambers of the Danish Parliament, the Rigsdagen ); but it is as a teacher at the university that he won his reputation.

She is a Privy Councillor and was the Member of Parliament for Maidstone from 1987 to 1997 and for Maidstone and The Weald from 1997 to 2010.

Areas similar to that of the council area are covered by the Angus Westminster constituency for the UK Parliament and the area is also represented at the Scottish Parliament by both the Angus and North Tayside Holyrood constituencies.

Aberavon ( Welsh: Aberafan ) is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The Sakharov Prize, which is awarded annually by the European Parliament for people and organizations dedicated to human rights and freedoms, is named in his honor.

The Reichstag building is the traditional seat of the German Parliament, renovated in the 1950s after severe World War II damage.

Facing the Chancellery is the Bundestag, the German Parliament, housed in the renovated Reichstag building since the government moved back to Berlin in 1998.

Executive authority is vested in both the Prime Minister and Cabinet who are collectively responsible to Parliament.

Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Parliament of Botswana.

The Bundeshaus in Bonn is the former Parliament Building of Germany.

One striking difference when comparing the Bundestag with the British Parliament is the lack of time spent on serving constituents in Germany.

In February 1922, Winston Churchill telegraphed Herbert Samuel asking for cuts in expenditure and noting: In both Houses of Parliament there is growing movement of hostility, against Zionist policy in Palestine, which will be stimulated by recent Northcliffe articles.

Introduced on Whitsunday 1549, after considerable debate and revision in Parliament — but there is no evidence that it was ever submitted to either Convocation — it was said to have pleased neither reformers nor their opponents, indeed the Catholic Bishop Gardiner could say of it was that it " was patient of a catholic interpretation ".

The NDP has elected Members of Parliament ( MPs ) from New Brunswick, but most of the focus of the party at the federal and provincial levels is currently in the Halifax area of Nova Scotia.

The Maritimes is currently represented in the Canadian Parliament by 25 Members of the House of Commons ( Nova Scotia-11, New Brunswick-10, Prince Edward Island-4 ) and 24 Senators ( Nova Scotia and New Brunswick-10 each, Prince Edward Island-4 ).

The President of the European Parliament ( Parliament's speaker ) is currently Martin Schulz ( S & D ), elected in January 2012.

Israel is a notable example of nationwide proportionally-elected Parliament which happens to be highly fragmented, with currently 18 parties.

They had two daughters, Elisabetta and her elder sister Alessandra Mussolini, who is currently a member of the European Parliament, and leads an Italian right-wing neo-fascist party, Alternativa Sociale.

The SNP currently holds 6 of 59 Scottish seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom and 2 of 6 Scottish seats in the European Parliament.

Tonga's Prime Minister is currently appointed by the King from among the members of Tonga's Parliament after having won the support of a majority of its members.

The SNP currently leads a majority government in the Scottish Parliament.

The Bill is however currently pending in the upper house of Parliament, Rajya Sabha for discussion and further passage.

It currently has 31 members of the Sejm, one member of the Senate, and three Members of the European Parliament.

The Prince of Wales currently has no formal public role or responsibility that has been legislated by Parliament or otherwise delegated by the Monarchy.

From its foundation until the 1999 referendum, the Australian Republican Movement ( ARM ) supported the bi-partisan appointment model, which would result in a President elected by the Parliament of Australia, with the powers currently held by the Governor-General.

The city has one Member of Parliament for the Salisbury constituency, currently John Glen ( Conservative ) who was elected in the 2010 election.

The party currently has one Member of Parliament in the House of Commons, Caroline Lucas, who represents the constituency of Brighton Pavilion, and was the party's first leader, serving from 2008 until 2012, when she was succeeded by Natalie Bennett.

The constituency of Ealing North is currently represented by Labour Party Member of Parliament Stephen Pound, and has been since 1997.

The ward forms part of the 2007 parliamentary boundary changes and is currently entirely within the parliamentary constituency of Leyton and Wanstead ( UK Parliament constituency )

Along with Blackheath Westcombe, Charlton, Glyndon, Woolwich Riverside, and Woolwich Common, it elects a Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Greenwich and Woolwich ; currently the MP is Nick Raynsford.

It elects one Member of Parliament ( MP ) by the first past the post system of election, and is currently held for the Conservative Party by Bob Neill.

The Parliament of Malta consists of the President of Malta and the House of Representatives currently made up of 69 members ( article 51 of the Constitution ).

Kenneth Harry Clarke, ( born 2 July 1940 ) is a British Conservative politician, currently the Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe and a Minister without Portfolio in the UK Government.

* Danny Alexander — Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament ( MP ) ( 2005 —), currently Chief Secretary to the Treasury

The Official Opposition ( the non-government party with the largest number of elected members of Parliament — currently the Labour Party ) is headed by the Shadow Cabinet and is supported by numerous junior opposition frontbenchers.