Sentence examples for despite parliament from inspiring English sources

There is presently an ongoing political row in the UK over Boris Johnson, London Mayor, purchasing 3 crowd-control water cannons, despite parliament not having approved their use.

Cameron acknowledged that he ordered the strike in Syria despite parliament rejecting UK airstrikes on the country in 2013, albeit against a different enemy.

Downing Street has confirmed that Mr Cameron was aware of the missions flown by a small number of aircrew embedded with US and Canadian forces despite Parliament only authorising attacks on IS targets in neighbouring Iraqedit.

"Plaid Cymru has also been disturbed by the news that the UK government authorised the killing of a British citizen among possibly others on Syrian soil, despite parliament voting down any military action in the region".

Harriet Salem (@HarrietSalem) Despite parliament restorm by pro #Russia supporters the streets were yellow & blue tonight #Donetsk #Ukraine #unity pic.twitter.com/lDqViwRWM8 March 5, 2014 Harriet spoke with a police academy student named Aleksandar, who told her, "I am here to support and stand for united Ukraine.

MPs heard evidence that despite Parliament's intention for the CCRC to be robustly independent of the legal system so that it could properly assess whether mistakes had been made, too often it proved "deferential and subservient" to the Court of Appeal.

Despite assuring parliament up until March last year that everything was "proceeding exactly in accordance with plans"; despite widespread reports that implementation, even on this tiny scale, has been beset by problems on a farcical scale.

It also emerged last week that Hunt exchanged texts with Michel at least four times despite telling parliament he had no unofficial contact with the News Corp lobbyist while he was considering the company's bid for BSkyB.

Jeremy Hunt exchanged texts with Frédéric Michel at least four times despite telling parliament he had no unofficial contact with the News Corp lobbyist while he was considering the company's bid for BSkyB.

Murray made a speech supporting the government's proposal, but despite this, Parliament was not convinced that a council was necessary.

Despite politicians' promises, parliament never passed a lokpal bill.